Babblers (Timaliidae)
Spectacled Laughingthrush (Rhinocichla mitrata) - HBW 12, p. 243
French: Garrulaxe mitré
German: Spiegelhäherling
Spanish: Charlatán Mitrado
Other common names: Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush
Taxonomy: Timalia mitrata S. Müller, 1836, Sumatra.
Genus traditionally subsumed in Garrulax, but exhibits some morphological differences. Forms a superspecies with R. treacheri, and hitherto treated as conspecific. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- major Robinson & Kloss, 1919 - extreme S Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
- mitrata ( S. Müller, 1836) - Sumatra.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird trying to penetrate the case of an insect Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2010 1 year ago 24 sec 4.3 -
A bird moving through the vegetation and foraging. Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp major)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 3 years ago 30 sec 3.7 -
A bird moving in the vegetation. Locality Mount Kerinci, Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra (Indonesia) (ssp mitrata)
John Gregory 1999 4 years ago 7 sec 3.5 -
Several shots of a bird in movement Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2010 1 year ago 24 sec 3.2
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A bird catching prey
Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
Tomas Grim 21 October 2008 40 weeks ago 4.2 -
A bird in the bush
Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
Guy Poisson 27 February 2008 1 year ago 3.4 -
A bird in bank side vegetation.
Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp major)
Stuart Gray 8 June 2009 1 year ago 2.5 -
All the birds I saw at Fraser's Hill were much darker than the illustration in Robson, Birds of Southeast Asia (2005).
Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp major)
LHarding 10 December 2007 3 years ago 2
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birds calling in flock Locality Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Desmond Allen 3 September 1994 2 years ago 3
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