Name:Garrulax milnei
Alias:Garrulax milnei,Red-tailed Laughingthrush,Trochalopteron milnei,Red-tailed Laughing Babbler
Outline:Songbird
Family:Passeriformes Thrushidae Laughingthrush
length:22-27cm
Weight:66-93g
Life:No verification information
IUCN:LC
Red-tailed Laughingthrush, also known as Red-tailed Laughingthrush, has 4 subspecies.
Red-tailed Laughingthrush often moves in pairs or in small groups of 3 to 5. It is timid and good at singing. Its singing is noisy. It hides in dense bushes at the slightest movement. You can often hear its voice but not see its shadow.
The breeding season of Red-tailed Laughingthrush is from May to July. It usually nests in dense evergreen broad-leaved forests, and the nests are mostly placed on shrubs or small trees under the forest. The nest is cup-shaped, mainly composed of bamboo leaves, dead grass and some fine roots, and padded with bamboo leaves. The eggs are white with a few reddish brown or nearly black spots, and the size of the eggs is 28~30 mm × 20~21 mm.
The global population of the Red-tailed Laughingthrush has not been quantified. However, it is described as an extremely rare or rare species in its native habitat (del Hoyoet al. 2007). There are about 100~10,000 breeding pairs in China (Brazil 2009). The Red-tailed Laughingthrush population in China is rare and uncommon.
Listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Least Concern (LC), assessed in 2012.
Listed in the "National List of Terrestrial Wildlife with Important Economic and Scientific Research Value" issued by the China Forestry Administration on August 1, 2000. (Note: Item 505 Red-tailed Laughingthrush)
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