A white-throated laughingthrush was captured last Monday on camera spreading its wings when taking to the sky in central China's Hubei Province.

The bird is a member of the laughingthrush family, mostly good at singing.

According to the Chinese journal "Forest and Men," China has 38 laughingthrush species – 70 percent of the world's total – and is considered a major habitat for the bird family.

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(All images by Liu Hongjun)

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