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) [XC399534]
by Zhou Zhe \u5468\u54f2 from Gonggangling, Jiuzhaigou County, Sichuan, China (song)
Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla sukatschewi) [XC56198]
by Frank Lambert from Long Lake (Changhai), Jiuzhaigou National Park, Sichuan, China (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Plain Laughingthrush (Garrulax davidi) mainly ashy-grey and lacks white cheeks and ear-coverts.
References
See References.