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Black-faced Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron affine (Blyth, 1843)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The black-faced laughingthrush (Trochalopteron affine) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.
It is found in the Eastern Himalayas. Its range extends from eastern Nepal eastwards to Arunachal Pradesh in India and further to Myanmar, along with Bhutan and southeastern Tibet. Small disjunct populations also exist in continental Southeast Asia.
Wikipedia contributors, Black-faced laughingthrush; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:03:19.720195+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Trochalopteron affine (Blyth, 1843)
- Name authority
- (Blyth, 1843)
- Common name
- Black-faced Laughingthrush
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- Genus
- Trochalopteron
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyLeiothrichidae Swainson, 1832
- genusTrochalopteron Blyth, 1843
- speciesTrochalopteron affine (Blyth, 1843)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Trochalopteron. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Assam LaughingthrushTrochalopteron chrysopterum (Gould, 1835) | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elliot's LaughingthrushTrochalopteron elliotii J. Verreaux, 1871 | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-crowned LaughingthrushTrochalopteron erythrocephalum (Vigors, 1832) | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-winged LaughingthrushTrochalopteron formosum J. Verreaux, 1869 | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-cheeked LaughingthrushTrochalopteron henrici Oustalet, 1892 | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bhutan LaughingthrushTrochalopteron imbricatum (Blyth, 1843) | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Streaked LaughingthrushTrochalopteron lineatum (Vigors, 1831) | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scaly LaughingthrushTrochalopteron subunicolor Blyth, 1843 | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Striped LaughingthrushTrochalopteron virgatum Godwin-Austen, 1874 | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Collared LaughingthrushTrochalopteron yersini Robinson & Kloss, 1919 | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-winged LaughingthrushTrochalopteron squamatum (Gould, 1835) | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-capped LaughingthrushTrochalopteron austeni Godwin-Austen, 1870 | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Garrulax affinis Blyth, 1843 Blyth, 1843 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=916118 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:596GW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.