Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland and shrubland. From 1,000 - 2,500 m, occasionally down to 450 m.
Spectacled Barwing (Actinodura ramsayi) [XC414450]
by Greg Irving from Yay Aye Forest Reserve, near Kalau, Myanmar (call)
Spectacled Barwing (Actinodura) [XC716958]
by Oriental Stork from Phou Sam Soum (NE slope), Xiangkhouang, Laos (song)
Subspecies
Appears to be closely related to Rusty-fronted Barwing (Actinodura egertoni). Individuals of this species present in northern Thailand and northern and central Laos (like yunnanensis but greyer above, with buffy rufous restricted to forehead) evidently represent an undescribed subspecies.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
radcliffei Harington, 1910 - East-central and eastern Myanmar. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Eastern Spectacled Barwing (Actinodura radcliffei).
ramsayi (Walden, 1875) - South-eastern Myanmar and north-western Thailand.
yunnanensis Bangs & Phillips, JC, 1914 - Southern China (south-eastern Yunnan, south-western Guizhou, western Guangxi) and northern Vietnam (Tonkin). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Bar-throated Minla (Chrysominla strigula).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet