Trochalopteron melanostigma

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Leiothrichidae/Trochalopteron

At a glance

Occurrence records6 409

Data sources7

Biological traits24

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Trochalopteron melanostigma's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility6 409 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources24 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF6 409 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

The silver-eared laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in southern Yunnan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the chestnut-crowned laughingthrush, G. erythrocephalus.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesEltonTraitsAVONETAmnioteDB

Size & morphology11

Beak depth6.4 mm

Beak length (culmen)24 mm

Beak length (nares)12.6 mm

Beak width5.3 mm

Body mass75.1 g

Hand-wing index7

Kipp's distance7 mm

Secondary length91 mm

Tail length112 mm

Tarsus length36.8 mm

Wing length97.8 mm

Life cycle & reproduction1

Litter size2.4

Diet & foraging8

Fruit10 %

Ground50 %

Invertebrate60 %

Plant other20 %

Seed10 %

Trophic levelomnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Understory50 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatWoodland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleGeneralist

Range size477 431 km²

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Trochalopteron melanostigma has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type6 409 records

Wild obs. + sensor6 407

Museum / vouchered2

Origin

Native7

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO732 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy87% within 1 km

≤100 m 195≤1 km 65≤10 km 24>10 km 15

299 georeferenced · 6 108 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor6 407

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 2 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Philadelphia, US	1
Wuzhou, CN	1

2 institutions · 2 of 2 vouchered records shown

Trochalopteron melanostigma

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology11

Life cycle & reproduction1

Diet & foraging8

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Record type6 409 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions2 of 2 geolocated

Record type6 409 records