分类地位:噪鹛属(Garrulax,laughingthrushes)是脊索动物门、脊椎动物亚门、鸟纲、雀形目、鹟科、画眉亚科的一个属。
种属分布:噪鹛属是画眉亚科中种类最多、数量最大、分布最广的鸟类,多分布于东洋界,也有些分布于古北界。世界共有44种,在国外见于中南半岛及印度尼西亚驰名的笼养鸟即为此属鸟类。中国有33种,黑额山噪鹛、大噪鹛、斑背噪鹛、灰腹噪鹛等均为中国特产种。
形态特征:体形大都适中,略似画眉,体长170~365毫米;嘴较头短,约为头长的3/4;上体大多不具纵纹。
主要种类:白颊噪鹛是本属常见的种类,通体近褐色,腹部中央淡棕黄色,脸部具较明显的白色眉纹;雌雄相似。常栖息于树丛或灌丛内,最喜栖居于常绿林的林缘地带。喜结小群,在繁殖季节也常见成对活动。常穿梭于荆棘和灌丛间,边跳边窜,很少静止。鸣声尖锐急促,历久不息。主要取食昆虫、兼食植物种子。此鸟每年要吃大量害虫,对农、林都有一定益处。亦可作笼鸟饲养。
噪鹛属还包括以下种类:
Ashy-headed Laughingthrush, Garrulax cinereifrons
Sunda Laughingthrush, Garrulax palliatus
Rufous-fronted Laughingthrush, Garrulax rufifrons
黑脸噪鹛 Masked Laughingthrush, Garrulax perspicillatus
白喉噪鹛Garrulax albogularis
White-crested Laughingthrush, Garrulax leucolophus
Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush, Garrulax monileger
黑领噪鹛 Garrulax pectoralis
黑噪鹛 Garrulax lugubris
Striated Laughingthrush, Garrulax striatus
白脖噪鹛 Garrulax strepitans
Black-hooded Laughingthrush, Garrulax milleti
灰噪鹛 Garrulax maesi
Rufous-necked Laughingthrush, Garrulax ruficollis
棕背噪鹛 Garrulax nuchalis
黑喉噪鹛 Garrulax chinensis
White-cheeked Laughingthrush, Garrulax vassali
黄喉噪鹛Garrulax galbanus
Wynaad Laughingthrush, Garrulax delesserti
Rufous-vented Laughingthrush, Garrulax gularis
Pere David's Laughingthrush, Garrulax davidi
Sukatschev's Laughingthrush, Garrulax sukatschewi
Moustached Laughingthrush, Garrulax cineraceus
Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush, Garrulax rufogularis
Spotted Laughingthrush, Garrulax ocellatus
Barred Laughingthrush, Garrulax lunulatus
Biet's Laughingthrush, Garrulax bieti
Giant Laughingthrush, Garrulax maximus
Grey-sided Laughingthrush, Garrulax caerulatus
Rusty Laughingthrush, Garrulax poecilorhynchus
Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush, Garrulax mitratus
Spot-breasted Laughingthrush, Garrulax merulinus
Hwamei, Garrulax canorus
白颊噪鹛White-browed Laughingthrush, Garrulax sannio
Rufous-breasted Laughingthrush, Garrulax cachinnans
Grey-breasted Laughingthrush, Garrulax jerdoni
Streaked Laughingthrush, Garrulax lineatus
Striped Laughingthrush, Garrulax virgatus
Scaly Laughingthrush, Garrulax subunicolor
Brown-capped Laughingthrush,Garrulax austeni
蓝翅噪鹛Garrulax squamatus
Elliot's Laughingthrush, Garrulax elliotii
Variegated Laughingthrush, Garrulax variegatus
Prince Henry's Laughingthrush, Garrulax henrici
Black-faced Laughingthrush, Garrulax affinis
White-whiskered Laughingthrush, Garrulax morrisonianus
Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush, Garrulax erythrocephalus
金翅噪鹛 Garrulax ngoclinhensis
Collared Laughingthrush, Garrulax yersini
红翅噪鹛 Garrulax formosus
红尾噪鹛 Garrulax milneien:Laughingthrush