Golden Babbler (Cyanoderma chrysaeum) [XC661982]
by Thet Zaw Naing from KM90 Blind Area, Mae Wong NP, Thailand (song)
Golden Babbler (Cyanoderma chrysaeum) [XC731252]
by Brian Cox from Telecom loop. Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser), Pahang, Malaysia (song)
Subspecies
Geographical variation poorly defined, and characters separating most of the subspecies very weak. A revision is probably needed. Populations in northern Thailand, southern Laos and central Vietnam (central Annam) not yet assigned to subspecies.
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
chrysaea (Blyth, 1844) - Central Nepal east to Bhutan, north-eastern Indian hill states (except eastern Mizoram), northern and north-eastern Myanmar and adjacent southern China (south-eastern Xizang, north-western and western Yunnan).
binghami (Rippon, 1904) - Eastern Mizoram (north-eastern India) and western Myanmar.
aurata (Meyer de Schauensee, 1938) - Extreme eastern Myanmar, north-western Thailand (south to Chiang Dao), northern and central Laos, northern Vietnam (Tonkin, northern Annam) and southern China (southern Yunnan east to south-western Guangxi).
assimilis (Walden, 1875) - South-eastern Myanmar (including Tenasserim) and north-western and western Thailand.
chrysops (Richmond, 1902) - Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
frigida (Hartlaub, 1865) - Highlands of western Sumatra.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet