Southern Gansu and northern Sichuan, in central China.
 
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status VU
Habitat destruction, degradation and fragmentation through exploitation for timber and clearance for cultivation and pasture, is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Song is a repeated, shrill 'hwii-u hwii-u' or 'h'wi-i h'wi-i' etc. Also utters grating, scratchy, shrike-like chattering.
Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla sukatschewi) [XC399532]
by Zeidler Roland from Long Lake (Changhai), Jiuzhaigou National Park, Sichuan, China (song)
Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla sukatschewi) [XC322154]
by Zeidler Roland from Baxi forest, nr RuoErGai (lower section) Sichuan, China (call, song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Plain Laughingthrush (Garrulax davidi) mainly ashy-grey and lacks white cheeks and ear-coverts.
References
See References.