Babblers (Timaliidae)
Giant Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla maxima) - HBW 12, p. 253
French: Garrulaxe géant
German: Riesenhäherling
Spanish: Charlatán Gigante
Taxonomy: Pterorhinus maximus J. Verreaux, 1870, “les montagnes du Thibet chinois” = Muping [Paohing], south-east Xizang, China.
Genus traditionally subsumed in Garrulax. Has been treated as conspecific with I. ocellata, and the two appear to intergrade between upper R Subansiri (India) and Tsangpo Valley, in SE Xizang (China). Monotypic.
Distribution: S Gansu and SE Qinghai S to SE & E Xizang and N Yunnan, in SC China.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Feeding well in the open in good light then flies. Locality Daocheng County, Sichuan, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
alibenn 23 September 2008 3 years ago 9 sec 3.6 -
A bird singing on a branch, answering to another one Locality Nangqian Forest Reserve, Qinghai, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
John Gregory 1 August 2002 4 years ago 28 sec 3 -
A bird in a tree near a river, calling Locality Nangqian Forest Reserve, Qinghai, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2002 5 years ago 16 sec 2.6 -
A bird in a tree near a river, calling Locality Nangqian Forest Reserve, Qinghai, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2002 5 years ago 16 sec 2
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A bird on a branch.
Locality Balang Shan, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 26 April 2006 3 years ago 3
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