White-speckled Laughingthrush
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The White-speckled Laughingthrush (Garrulax bieti) is a species of bird
in the Timaliidae family.
It is endemic to China
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Its natural habitat
is temperate forest
s. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The scientific name commemorates the French naturalist Félix Biet
.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Timaliidae family.
It is endemic to China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
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Its natural habitat
Habitat
* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows*Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play** Space habitat, a space station intended as a permanent settlement...
is temperate forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
s. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The scientific name commemorates the French naturalist Félix Biet
Félix Biet
Félix Biet was a French missionary and naturalist.Félix Biet was ordained as a priest in 1864. He was next sent to Tatsienlu in Tibet as a missionary and he became a Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kangding in 1898...
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