Rufous-crowned laughingthrush  The rufous-crowned laughingthrush ("Pterorhinus ruficeps") is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is endemic to Taiwan. It was previously considered conspecific with the white-throated laughingthrush, "P. albogularis. This species was formerly placed in the genus "Garrulax" but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus "Pterorhinus".