Babblers (Timaliidae)
Collared Babbler (Gampsorhynchus torquatus) - HBW 12, p. 212
French: Gampsorin à collier
German: Brustbandtimalie
Spanish: Timalí Acollarado
Taxonomy: Gampsorhynchus torquatus Hume, 1874, no locality = “the banks of the Younzaleen below the Pine forests in the Salween district”, Tenasserim, Myanmar.
Formerly treated as conspecific with G. rufulus. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- torquatus Hume, 1874 - SE & S Myanmar (including N Tenasserim), W & N Thailand, S China (S Yunnan), NW & S Laos and C & S Vietnam (C & S Annam, Cochinchina).
- luciae Delacour, 1926 - SE Yunnan (China), NE & C Laos and N Vietnam (Tonkin, N Annam).
- saturatior Sharpe, 1888 - extreme S Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird changing branches and singing, then flying away Locality Phan Thiet Road, Di Linh, Annam, Vietnam (ssp torquatus)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2008 4 years ago 39 sec 4.7 -
A bird perched on a branch, singing Locality Phan Thiet Road, Di Linh, Annam, Vietnam (ssp torquatus)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2008 4 years ago 34 sec 4.6 -
two different birds in vegetation Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp torquatus)
Martin Kennewell 13 March 2010 3 years ago 38 sec 3 -
A bird preening. Locality Hong Kong Zoo, Hong Kong (ssp luciae)
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2002 6 years ago 18 sec 2.9 -
one perched in bamboo, then moves away Locality The Gap, Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp saturatior)
Martin Kennewell 16 January 2010 3 years ago 19 sec 2.5
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Specimen perched on a branch
Locality Hong Kong Park, Hong Kong (ssp luciae)
Johannes Pfleiderer 18 August 2008 3 years ago 3.5
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A bird calling repeatedly. Locality Phan Thiet Road, Di Linh, Annam, Vietnam
(ssp torquatus)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2008 18 weeks ago 5
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