Babblers (Timaliidae)
Red-tailed Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron milnei) - HBW 12, p. 262
French: Garrulaxe à queue rouge
German: Rotschwanzhäherling
Spanish: Charlatán Colirrojo
Taxonomy: Trochalopteron Milnei David, 1874, western Fujian, China.
Genus traditionally subsumed in Garrulax. Population in C highlands of Vietnam (C Annam) and presumably adjacent SE Laos probably represents an undescribed race, or possibly belongs with vitryi. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sharpei Rippon, 1901 - N & E Myanmar, NW Thailand, N & C Laos, NW Vietnam, and S China (W, S & SE Yunnan, W Guangxi).
- sinianum Stresemann, 1930 - SE China (SE Sichuan, N Guizhou, C & NE Guangxi, S Hunan, N Guangdong).
- milnei David, 1874 - NW Fujian, in SE China.
- vitryi ( Delacour, 1932) - S Laos (Bolovens Plateau).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird moving around in dense bushes Locality Yingjiang, Yunnan, China (Southern) (ssp sharpei)
Keith Blomerley 7 November 2007 4 years ago 20 sec 4.1 -
A bird jumping from branch to branch. Locality Zoo Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Jeremiusz Trzaska 1 September 2010 1 year ago 34 sec 3.7
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Single adult in scrub
Locality Yunnan, China (Southern)
John and Jemi Holmes 15 March 2008 2 years ago 3.5 -
An adult bird on the ground.
Locality Zoo Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Tomasz Doroń 28 September 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
a female perched.
Locality Belgium (Monotypic species)
iggino 20 January 2009 2 years ago 3
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