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The White-crested Laughing Thrush or Laughing Jay-Thrush Garrulax leucolophus is a member of the Laughing thrushes and the genus Garrulax of the large Old World Babblers. They occur in tropical Asis, with the greatest number of species occurring in the Himalayas and southern China.
These are medium-sized, floppy-tailed land birds with soft fluffy plumage. These birds have strong legs and are quite terrestrial. This group is not strongly migratory and most species have short rounded wings, and a weak flight.
Like other babblers, these are noisy birds, and the characteristic laughing calls are often the best indication that these birds are present. As with other babbler species, they frequently occur in groups of up to a dozen.

The members of the genus Garrulax are as follows:
White-crested Laughingthrush, Garrulax leucolophus
Sumatran Laughingthrush, Garrulax bicolor
Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush, Garrulax monileger
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush, Garrulax pectoralis
White-throated Laughingthrush, Garrulax albogularis
Masked Laughingthrush, Garrulax perspicillatus
Rufous-fronted Laughingthrush, Garrulax rufifrons
Ashy-headed Laughingthrush, Garrulax cinereifrons
Sunda Laughingthrush or Grey-and-brown Laughingbird, Garrulax palliatus

White-crested Laughing Thrush

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