Spotted Laughingthrush (Garrulax ocellatus)

Other Names (World)
Spotted Laughingthrush, Ocellated Laughingthrush, White Laughingthrush, White-spotted Laughingthrush

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
30.50 - 33.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vigors, 1831)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, temperate forest and shrubland. From 1,100 - 3,660 m.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Myanmar, Nepal.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (63)...)

Spotted Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla) [XC183784]
by Frank Lambert from Emeishan, temple trail at 2400m, Sichuan, China (song)

Spotted Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla ocellata) [XC440516]
by Ramit Singal from Chelela, Paro, Bhutan (call)

Subspecies
Has been treated as conspecific with Giant Laughingthrush (Garrulax maximus), and the two appear to intergrade between upper R Subansiri (India) and Tsangpo Valley, in south-eastern Xizang (China).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

griseicauda (Koelz, 1950) - Northern India (Uttaranchal Pradesh) and western Nepal.
ocellata (Vigors, 1831) - Central Nepal east to Bhutan, north-eastern India (western Arunachal Pradesh) and adjacent southern China (southern and south-eastern Xizang).
maculipectus (Hachisuka, 1953) - Northern Myanmar and southern China (western and north-western Yunnan).
artemisiae (David, 1871) - East-central China (southern Gansu south to west-central Sichuan and extreme north-eastern Yunnan; western Hubei).

References
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Files:

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