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Garrulax merulinus  Blyth, 1851
Taxonomic Serial No.: 560190

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Spot-breasted Laughingthrush [English]
  
    Garrulaxe à poitrine tachetée [French]
  
    zaragateiro-de-peito-sarapintado [Portuguese]
  
    charlatão-de-peito-malhado [Portuguese]
  
    Charlatán pechipinto [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyLeiothrichidae Swainson, 1832 – Laughingthrushes  
                               GenusGarrulax R. P. Lesson, 1831  
                                  SpeciesGarrulax merulinus Blyth, 1851 – Spot-breasted Laughingthrush, Garrulaxe à poitrine tachetée, zaragateiro-de-peito-sarapintado, charlatão-de-peito-malhado, Charlatán pechipinto  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Garrulax merulinus laoensis Meyer de Schauensee, 1938  
                                     Subspecies Garrulax merulinus merulinus Blyth, 1851  
                                     Subspecies Garrulax merulinus obscurus Delacour & Jabouille, 1930  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Garrulax merulinus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.2), website (version 15.2)  
  Acquired: 2026   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.2. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 17 Apr 2026]   
  Reference for: Garrulax merulinus, Spot-breasted Laughingthrush [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Blyth, Edward  
  Publication Date: 1851   
  Article/Chapter Title: Notice of a Collection of Mammalia, Birds, and Reptiles, Procured at or near the Station of Chérra Punji in the Khásia Hills, North of Sylhet   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. 20   
  Page(s): 517-524   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40260117   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Garrulax merulinus, Spot-breasted Laughingthrush [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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