The White-crested Laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus) or Laughing Thrush is an Old World babbler. The Old World babblers are a large family of Old World passerine birds characterized by soft fluffy plumage. These are birds of tropical areas, Northern India through the Himalayas to southern China into Indochina, Thailand, and Myanmar. They are common in Singapore where they were introduced some years ago and are the most sociable of the laughing thrush family. This is a very vocal species, and a group of White-crested Laughingthrushes vocalizing simultaneously resembles laughing. Miami Metro Zoo, Birds of Asia aviary exhibit.
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