Scientific Name
Pterorhinus courtoisi
Other Common Name(s)
Courtois’s Laughingthrush
Body Weight
Around 50 g
Body Length
Around 25 cm
Habitat
Diet
Fun Facts
These laughingthrushes are sociable birds living closely with their family and forage in flocks of up to 40 birds.
When the chicks hatch, they are reared and protected by not only their parents but also by other adult birds of the same species.
Distribution
Threats & Conservation
Threats & Conservation
Urbanisation & Infrastructure
Overexploitation of Biological Resources
Blue-crowned laughingthrushes were trapped for the bird trade and sold at high prices. Though their export was banned in the late 1990s, some populations have already been wiped out and since then they are not seen in Yunnan. As urban development and logging destroys their habitats, their range continues to split and shrink. Only around 250 of these birds were found in the wild.
IUCN Red List
Critically Endangered
Red List of China's Biodiversity
Critically Endangered
Conservation
Chinese Wildlife Conservation Law: Category 1
The Park provides a suitable environment for this endangered species to breed and maintains the genetic diversity through the Global Species Management Plan.
Animal Breeding in Ocean Park
