Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam.
Central Nepal east to Bhutan, all north-eastern Indian hill states, west, northern and eastern Myanmar, southern China (western and southern Yunnan) and north-western Vietnam (western Tonkin).
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Blue-winged Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron squamatum) [XC402528]
by id from Fakim, Kiphire, Nagaland, India (call)
Blue-winged Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron squamatum) [XC158052]
by Mandar Bhagat from Mishmi Hills, nr Tawarigaon (1), Arunachal Pradesh, India (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Suggestion of polymorphism appears to relate to sexual differences.