Lesser necklaced laughingthrush
{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| image = Garrulax monileger 2 - Kaeng Krachan.jpg
| image2 = Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary East Sikkim India 03.04.2016.jpg
| image2_caption = Garrulax monileger monileger from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim, India.
| taxon = Garrulax monileger
| authority = (Hodgson, 1836)
| synonyms =
}}
The lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
Distribution
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Behavior and Ecology
thumbLesser necklaced laughingthrushes may be mimics of Greater necklaced laughingthrushes, the latter of which are dominant in mixed-species flocks.{{Cite journal |last1=Gosai |first1=Kamal Raj |last2=Zhou |first2=Liping |last3=Liu |first3=Yang |last4=Braun |first4=Edward L. |last5=Kimball |first5=Rebecca T. |last6=Robinson |first6=Scott K. |last7=Jiang |first7=Aiwu |last8=Goodale |first8=Eben |date=2024-04-10 |title=Investigating flock-associated mimicry: examining the evidence for, and drivers of, plumage mimicry in the greater and lesser necklaced laughingthrush |journal=Royal Society Open Science |language=en |volume=11 |issue=4 |doi=10.1098/rsos.230976 |pmid=38601036 |issn=2054-5703|pmc=11004677 |bibcode=2024RSOS...1130976G }}
