Babblers (Timaliidae)

Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger) - HBW 12, p. 239

French: Garrulaxe à collier German: Lätzchenhäherling Spanish: Charlatán Acollarado Chico
Other common names: Necklaced/Black-necklaced Laughingthrush

Taxonomy: Cinc[losoma]. Monilegera [sic] Hodgson, 1836, Nepal.
Ten subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • monileger (Hodgson, 1836) - WC Nepal E to Bhutan, NE Indian states (except E Arunachal Pradesh and adjacent NE Assam), E Bangladesh, W & C Myanmar and S China (W Yunnan).
  • badius Ripley, 1948 - NE India (E & SE Arunachal Pradesh and Patkai Range, in E Assam) and extreme N Myanmar.
  • stuart Meyer de Schauensee, 1955 - SE Myanmar (including extreme N Tenasserim) and NW Thailand.

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  • monileger (Hodgson, 1836) - WC Nepal E to Bhutan, NE Indian states (except E Arunachal Pradesh and adjacent NE Assam), E Bangladesh, W & C Myanmar and S China (W Yunnan).
  • badius Ripley, 1948 - NE India (E & SE Arunachal Pradesh and Patkai Range, in E Assam) and extreme N Myanmar.
  • stuart Meyer de Schauensee, 1955 - SE Myanmar (including extreme N Tenasserim) and NW Thailand.
  • fuscatus Stuart Baker, 1918 - NC & C Tenasserim (S Myanmar) and adjacent W Thailand.
  • schauenseei Delacour & Greenway, 1939 - extreme E Myanmar, N Thailand, N Laos and S China (S Yunnan).
  • tonkinensis Delacour, 1927 - N Vietnam (Tonkin, N Annam) and SE China (S & E Guangxi).
  • melli Stresemann, 1923 - SE China (S Hunan, S Zhejiang, Fujian, N & NC Guangdong).
  • schmackeri Hartlaub, 1898 - Hainan I.
  • mouhoti Sharpe, 1883 - SE Thailand, Cambodia, extreme S Laos, and Vietnam (N Annam S to SC Annam).
  • pasquieri Delacour & Jabouille, 1924 - C & S Laos and adjacent Vietnam (C Annam).