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

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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