Babblers (Timaliidae)

Blue-winged Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron squamatum) - HBW 12, p. 257

French: Garrulaxe écaillé German: Blauflügelhäherling Spanish: Charlatán Aliazul

Taxonomy: Ianthocincla squamata Gould, 1835, Sikkim, Himalayas, India.
Genus traditionally subsumed in Garrulax. Suggestion of polymorphism appears to relate to sexual differences. Monotypic.

Distribution: C Nepal E to Bhutan, all NE Indian hill states, W, N & E Myanmar, S China (W & S Yunnan) and NW Vietnam (W Tonkin).