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The Blue-crowned laughingthrush (Pterorhinus courtoisi) is a bird found in China. Found in China. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Critically Endangered.

🏡 Where the Blue-crowned laughingthrush lives

Found in China.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs70%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts30%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Questions about the Blue-crowned laughingthrush

Where does the Blue-crowned laughingthrush live?

The Blue-crowned laughingthrush lives in China. Found in China.

What does the Blue-crowned laughingthrush eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 70%), seeds and nuts (about 30%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Blue-crowned laughingthrush endangered?

Almost gone from the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Critically Endangered.

More birds from Asia

• Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo
• Sumatran Ground Cuckoo
• Réunion Harrier
• Silvery Pigeon
• Mariana Crow
• Banggai Crow

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.