Plain laughingthrush
{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Pterorhinus davidi.jpg
| image_caption = Photographed in Huairou, Beijing, China
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Pterorhinus davidi
| authority = R. Swinhoe, 1868
| synonyms =
- Ianthocincla davidi
- Garrulax davidi
}}
File:Plain laughingthrush MHNT 227 HdB China.jpg]]
The plain laughingthrush or Père David's laughingthrush (Pterorhinus davidi) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is endemic to central and northeastern China. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
Taxonomy
The plain laughingthrush was described by the English zoologist Robert Swinhoe in 1868 from a specimen collected in Beijing, China. He coined the binomial name Pterorhinus davidi.{{ cite journal | last=Swinhoe | first=Robert | author-link=Robert Swinhoe | year=1868 | title=Ornithological notes from Amoy | journal=Ibis | series=2nd Series | volume=4 | pages=52–65 [60–62] | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16341671 | doi = 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1868.tb06100.x }} The specific epithet honours the French missionary Armand David (1826-1900) who worked in China between 1858 and 1874.{{cite web | last=Jobling | first=J.A. | year=2018 | title= Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology | editor1-last=del Hoyo | editor1-first=J. | editor2-last=Elliott | editor2-first=A. | editor3-last=Sargatal | editor3-first=J. | editor4-last=Christie | editor4-first=D.A. | editor5-last=de Juana | editor5-first=E. | work=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive | publisher=Lynx Edicions | url=https://www.hbw.com/dictionary/definition/davidi-davidiana-davidianus-davidii | access-date=19 January 2019 }} This species was normally placed in the genus Garrulax but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, the genus Pterorhinus was resurrected and plain laughingthrush was returned to its original genus.{{ cite journal | last1=Cibois | first1=A. | last2=Gelang | first2=M. | last3=Alström | first3=P. | last4=Pasquet | first4=E. | last5=Fjeldså | first5=J. | last6=Ericson | first6=P.G.P. | last7=Olsson | first7=U. | year=2018 | title=Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy | journal=Zoologica Scripta | volume=47 | issue=4 | pages=428–440 | doi=10.1111/zsc.12296 | s2cid=51883434 }}{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2019 | title=Laughingthrushes and allies | work=World Bird List Version 9.1 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/laughingthrushes/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=18 January 2019 }}
Vocalization
Males use quiet songs to signify aggressive intent.{{Cite journal |last=Liu |first=Pengfei |last2=Lloyd |first2=Huw |last3=Lou |first3=Yingqiang |last4=Sun |first4=Yuehua |date=2022-10-05 |title=Soft song provokes stronger aggressive responses than broadcast song in the Plain Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus davidi) |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13141 |journal=Ibis |volume=165 |issue=2 |pages=561–570 |doi=10.1111/ibi.13141 |issn=0019-1019}}
References
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External links
- [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Garrulax_davidi.html Image at ADW]
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Category:Birds of Central China
Category:Endemic birds of China
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
Category:Taxa named by Robert Swinhoe
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