Black-faced laughingthrush

The black-faced laughingthrush (Trochalopteron affine) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.

Black-faced laughingthrush
Photographed from East Sikkim, India
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Trochalopteron
Species:	T. affine
Binomial name
Trochalopteron affine (Blyth, 1843)
Synonyms
Garrulax affinis

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.