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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agitated adult calling - no playback involved Locality Doi Ang Khang, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp ripponi)
Martin Kennewell 19 February 2012 13 weeks ago 32 sec 4.5 -
calling adult, on the ground, then moving over vegetation before flying off Locality Doi Ang Khang, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp ripponi)
Martin Kennewell 19 February 2012 13 weeks ago 29 sec 4.3 -
foraging over dead vegetation, taking prey from new shoots Locality Doi Ang Khang, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp ripponi)
Martin Kennewell 19 February 2012 13 weeks ago 47 sec 4 -
two birds foraging Locality Doi Ang Khang, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp ripponi)
Martin Kennewell 19 February 2012 13 weeks ago 22 sec 3.5 -
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 2 years ago 4
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