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title: "White-crested Laughingthrush"
description: "Garrulax leucolophus — Uccelli. The white-crested laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-crested-laughingthrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-crested Laughingthrush

> Garrulax leucolophus — Uccelli. The white-crested laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae.

- Scientific name: *Garrulax leucolophus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 2816
- Wikidata: [Q862812](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q862812)
- iNaturalist taxon: [15182](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/15182)

## Names

- en: White-crested Laughingthrush
- de: Weißhaubenhäherling
- es: Charlatán Crestiblanco
- fr: Garrulaxe à huppe blanche
- pt: Zaragateiro-de-crista-branca
- pl: Sójkowiec białoczuby

## Countries with the most observations

SG (1226), TH (625), IN (287), VN (199), CN (62), NP (39), BT (35), KH (31), MY (9), MM (7)

## Summary

The white-crested laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae. It is a highly social and vocal bird found in forest and scrub from the Himalayan foothills to Southeast Asia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-crested_laughingthrush

## Photo

![White-crested Laughingthrush](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-crested-laughingthrush/medium.jpg)

Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/261609889

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-crested-laughingthrush?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).