Black Babbler
Melanocichla lugubris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyTimaliidae (Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies)
- GenusMelanocichla
- SpeciesMelanocichla lugubris (Black Babbler)
About the Black Babbler
The black laughingthrush (Melanocichla lugubris) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae. It is found in highland forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula and on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Until recently, it usually included the bare-headed laughingthrush as a subspecies.
Black laughingthrush video on the Internet Bird Collection Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Taman Negara National Park
Chestnut-winged Babbler
Stachyris erythroptera
Chestnut-rumped Babbler
Stachyris maculata
Black-throated Babbler
Stachyris nigricollis
Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler
Macronus ptilosus
Gray-headed Babbler
Stachyris poliocephala
White-necked Babbler
Stachyris leucotis
Gray-throated Babbler
Stachyris nigriceps
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
White-rumped Shama
Copsychus malabaricus
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus paradiseus
Brown-cheeked Bulbul
Alophoixus bres
Red-eyed Bulbul
Pycnonotus brunneus
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |