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title: "Masked Laughingthrush"
description: "Pterorhinus perspicillatus — Vogels. The masked laughingthrush (Pterorhinus perspicillatus) is a species of laughingthrush found in China, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Macau."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/masked-laughingthrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Masked Laughingthrush

> Pterorhinus perspicillatus — Vogels. The masked laughingthrush (Pterorhinus perspicillatus) is a species of laughingthrush found in China, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Macau.

- Scientific name: *Pterorhinus perspicillatus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 5089
- Wikidata: [Q62086222](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62086222)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289400](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289400)

## Names

- en: Masked Laughingthrush
- de: Maskenhäherling
- es: Charlatán Enmascarado
- fr: Garrulaxe masqué

## Countries with the most observations

HK (2964), CN (1677), MO (144), VN (45), JP (25)

## Summary

The masked laughingthrush (Pterorhinus perspicillatus) is a species of laughingthrush found in China, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Macau. It is often seen in small noisy flocks of seven. Its Chinese name qī zǐ-mèi (Chinese: 七姊妹 ) means 'seven brothers and sisters'.

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

## Photo

![Masked Laughingthrush](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/masked-laughingthrush/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/158514397

## Machine access

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