Ashambu Laughingthrush
Montecincla meridionalis
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Birds
The Ashambu laughingthrush or Travancore laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in the Western Ghats in southern Kerala and southern Tamil Nadu. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the grey-breasted laughingthrush. It is closely related to the Palani laughingthrush and can be differentiated from it by its very short white brow that stops before the eye.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- Genus
- Montecincla