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Taxonomic note
Previously treated as Garrulax galbanus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) but moved to current genus following Cibois et al. (2018). Very closely related to, and until recently treated as conspecific with, P. courtoisi, but since separation of latter (Collar 2006) present species found also to possess a blue panel on ear-coverts (Wilkinson & He 2010) and “very distinct differences” in song (Edwards et al. 2016). Monotypic.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2021. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2013	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2006	Least Concern
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	56 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	99,600 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.56 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as generally not uncommon, although scarce and local in Myanmar (del Hoyo et al. 2007). The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any current declines or substantial threats.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any current declines or substantial threats.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bangladesh	extant	uncertain
India	extant	native	yes
Myanmar	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	610 - 1300 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Species factsheet: Yellow-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus galbanus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/yellow-throated-laughingthrush-pterorhinus-galbanus on 10/01/2025.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2025) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 10/01/2025.