Scarlet-faced Liocichla (Liocichla ripponi) [XC579353]
by Bram Piot from Nam Et Phou Louey NP on road 1C at a point where the road leads through the NP at 1300m, Laos (song)
Scarlet-faced Liocichla (Liocichla ripponi) [XC301997]
by Scott Olmstead from Baihualing, Gaoligong Shan, Yunnan, China (song)
Subspecies
Has been treated in expanded genus Garrulax, but placement in present genus supported by recent molecular studies. Often treated as conspecific with Red-faced Liocichla (Liocichla phoenicea). Individuals of this species recorded in area from southern Yunnan (China) south to eastern part of north-western Thailand not yet assigned to subspecies.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
ripponi (Oates, 1900) - Eastern and south-eastern Myanmar, adjacent southern China (western and south-western Yunnan) and north-western Thailand.
wellsi (La Touche, 1921) - South-eastern China (south-eastern Yunnan east to north-eastern Guangxi), northern Laos and extreme northern Vietnam (northern Tonkin).