| Palani laughingthrush | |
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| in the Meghamalai | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Montecincla |
| Species: | M. fairbanki
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| Binomial name | |
| Montecincla fairbanki | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Garrulax jerdoni fairbanki | |
The Palani laughingthrush (Montecincla fairbanki) is a species of laughingthrush endemic to the hills of the Western Ghats south of the Palghat Gap in Southern India. Found in the high montane forests, this grey bibbed, rufous bellied bird with a prominent dark eyestripe and broad white brow was grouped along with the grey-breasted subspecies of the black-chinned laughingthrush and known as the grey-breasted laughingthrush. This species is found in the Palni Hills while another closely related form, the Ashambu laughingthrush (Montecincla meridionalis) with a shorter white brow is found in the high hills south of the Achankovil Gap and was treated as a subspecies. The two forms were together treated under the name of Kerala laughingthrush.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Montecincla fairbanki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103874452A95109792. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103874452A95109792.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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