Black-faced Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron affine)

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
24 - 26.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Blyth, 1843)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest, subtropical and tropical high altitude forest. From 2,350 - 4,600 m, occasionally down to 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (65)...)

Black-faced Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron affine) [XC469859]
by Ramit Singal from Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, China (alarm call, song)

Black-faced Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron affine) [XC212127]
by Marc Anderson from Rasuwa (near Chandanbari), Bagmati, Central Region, Nepal (call, song)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with White-whiskered Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron morrisonianum) and has been considered conspecific, but basis for such treatment poor.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

affine (Blyth, 1843) - Western and central Nepal and adjacent southern China (southern Xizang).
bethelae (Rand & Fleming, RL, 1956) - Eastern Nepal east to Bhutan and north-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh) and adjacent southern China (southern and south-eastern Xizang).
oustaleti (Hartert, 1909) - Northern Myanmar and southern China (north-western Yunnan and adjacent south-eastern Xizang).
blythii Verreaux, J, 1871 - Southern Gansu south to south-western Sichuan (north of Muli region), in south-central China.
muliense (Rand, 1953) - South-western Sichuan (Muli Region) south to north-western Yunnan (Lijiang Range), in southern China.
saturatum (Delacour & Jabouille, 1930) - Central and south-eastern Yunnan and extreme north-western Vietnam (north-western Tonkin).

References
See References.

Files:

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