Blue-crowned Laughingthrush (Garrulax courtoisi)

Other Names (World)
Blue-crowned Laughingthrush, Courtois's Laughingthrush

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
23 cm

First Described (Guide)
M�n�gaux, 1923

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland).

Southern and eastern China: Yunnan (Simao region), and north-eastern Jiangxi (Wuyuan area).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 50 - 249 (2010) and decreasing.

Status CR
Habitat destruction and degradation, trapping for thecage-bird trade, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

Blue-crowned Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus courtoisi) [XC186503]
by Frank Lambert from , China (call, flight call)

Blue-crowned Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus courtoisi) [XC80582]
by George Wagner from , China (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Very closely related to, and until recently treated as conspecific with, Yellow-throated Laughingthrush (Garrulax galbanus). Isolated population in Simao, in southern Yunnan, described as a geographical subspecies, simaoensis, on basis solely of yellowish-grey breastband, but this sometimes present in Jiangxi population.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

courtoisi M�n�gaux, 1923 - China.
simaoensis (Cheng & Tang, 1982) - Southern China (Yunnan).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Blue-crowned Laughingthrush (Garrulax courtoisi) - 10 files

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