Babblers (Timaliidae)
Plain Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus davidi) - HBW 12, p. 251
French: Garrulaxe de David
German: Davidhäherling
Spanish: Charlatán de David
Other common names: (Père) David’s Laughingthrush, Peking Laughingthrush, David’s Babbler
Taxonomy: Pterorhinus davidi Swinhoe, 1868, Peking (Beijing), Hebei, China.
Genus normally subsumed into Garrulax. Several further races proposed, including funebris (from NE Qinghai), experrectus (NW Gansu) and chinganicus (N Hebei E to NW Manchuria), but differences negligible or undetectable in larger samples. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- davidi Swinhoe, 1868 - NC & NS China from NE Qinghai (Qinghai Hu region and Lenglong Ling) E to NE Hebei, extreme SW Liaoning and N Henan (Taihang Shan); also, apparently disjunctly, in NE Nei Mongol.
- concolor ( Stresemann, 1923) - N Sichuan (Songpan region S to Baoxing) and adjacent E Qinghai (Baima region), in SC China.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird singing in a bush Locality Horqin, Inner Mongolia, China (Northern) (ssp davidi)
Keith Blomerley 8 May 2010 1 year ago 25 sec 3 -
bird calling in bush Locality China (Northern)
Christina Havard 25 November 2008 2 years ago 13 sec 2
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A perched bird near the great wall of China.
Locality Beijing, China (Northern)
Ken Havard 25 November 2008 2 years ago 3.7
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A bird calling Locality Horqin, Inner Mongolia, China (Northern)
(ssp davidi)
Keith Blomerley 8 May 2010 1 year ago 4
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