Babblers (Timaliidae)
Chinese Hwamei (Leucodioptron canorum) - HBW 12, p. 248
French: Garrulaxe hoamy
German: China-Augenbrauenhäherling
Spanish: Charlatán Canoro
Other common names: Melodious Laughingthrush, Chinese Thrush, Spectacled Jay-thrush
Taxonomy: Turdus [] Canorus Linnaeus, 1758, Amoy, Fujian, China.
Genus previously subsumed into Garrulax. Formerly treated as conspecific with L. taewanum, but differs significantly in plumage, morphometrics and genetics, and to some degree in voice. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- canorum ( Linnaeus, 1758) - SE China from S Gansu, S Shaanxi, Hubei, SE Henan and S Jiangsu S to Yunnan (except NW), Guangxi and Guangdong, also E Laos and Vietnam (S to NC Annam).
- owstoni ( Rothschild, 1903) - Hainan I.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird singing in a bush Locality Victoria Peak, Hong Kong (ssp canorum)
Josep del Hoyo 2 May 2002 8 years ago 35 sec 3.4 -
A bird singing and flicking its wings in a bush Locality Victoria Peak, Hong Kong (ssp canorum)
Josep del Hoyo 2 May 2002 8 years ago 15 sec 3.2 -
A perched bird, preening Locality Hong Kong Zoo, Hong Kong
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2002 5 years ago 12 sec 3
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A bird perched
Locality Kauai, Hawaiian Islands
Aleix Comas 23 July 2009 2 years ago 3
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