Leiothrichidae

Black-chinned Laughingthrush is a highly endemic and globally threatened bird of the Nilgiri hills of the Western Ghats. Just like the Kerala Laughingthrush found in the south, its distribution is confined to a very small place.

Kerala Laughingthrush is a highly endemic bird from the family of laughingthrushes – Leiothrichidae. It is one among the three laughingthrushes found in Kerala. The others being the Black-chinned Laughingthrush and Wayanad Laughingthrush.