---
title: "White-browed Laughingthrush"
description: "Pterorhinus sannio — Aves. The white-browed laughingthrush (Pterorhinus sannio) is a bird in the family Leiothrichidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/white-browed-laughingthrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-browed Laughingthrush

> Pterorhinus sannio — Aves. The white-browed laughingthrush (Pterorhinus sannio) is a bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

- Scientific name: *Pterorhinus sannio*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 2379
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289401](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289401)

## Names

- en: White-browed Laughingthrush
- de: Weißwangenhäherling
- es: Charlatán Payaso
- fr: Garrulaxe à sourcils blancs

## Countries with the most observations

CN (2152), TW (33), TH (24), HK (14), JP (14), MM (9), MO (4), IN (3), VN (3)

## Summary

The white-browed laughingthrush (Pterorhinus sannio) is a bird in the family Leiothrichidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1867. It is found in China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
This species was formerly placed in the genus Garrulax but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Pterorhinus.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: relet · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/348675307

## Machine access

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