Babblers (Timaliidae)
Scarlet-faced Liocichla (Liocichla ripponi) - HBW 12, p. 265
French: Garrulaxe de Rippon
German: Burma-Karminflügelhäherling
Spanish: Charlatán de Rippon
Other common names: Red-faced Liocichla
Taxonomy: Trochalopterum [sic] ripponi Oates, 1900, Fort Stedman, Southern Shan State, Myanmar.
Has been treated in expanded genus Garrulax, but placement in present genus supported by recent molecular studies. Often treated as conspecific with L. phoenicea. Individuals of this species recorded in area from S Yunnan (China) S to E part of NW Thailand not yet assigned to race. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ripponi ( Oates, 1900) - E & SE Myanmar, adjacent S China (W & SW Yunnan) and NW Thailand.
- wellsi ( La Touche, 1921) - SE China (SE Yunnan E to NE Guangxi), N Laos and extreme N Vietnam (N Tonkin).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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One calling bird Locality Doi Lang, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp ripponi)
Daniêl Jimenez 9 December 2010 1 year ago 12 sec 3.5 -
A bird foraging around near the campsite. Locality Doi Lang, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 10 December 2010 1 year ago 10 sec 3
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A bird perched on a branch
Locality Tierpark Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Monotypic species)
Johannes Pfleiderer 8 May 2008 2 years ago 3
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Song. Locality Doi Lang, North Western Thailand, Thailand
AnteStrand 20 December 2009 1 year ago 4 -
bird singing from bush Locality Doi Ang Khang, North Western Thailand, Thailand
(ssp ripponi)
Desmond Allen 1 February 1997 1 year ago 4
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