Babblers (Timaliidae)
Spot-breasted Laughingthrush (Stactocichla merulina) - HBW 12, p. 247
French: Garrulaxe à poitrine tachetée
German: Fleckenhäherling
Spanish: Charlatán Pechipinto
Other common names: Spotted-breasted Laughingthrush
Taxonomy: Garrulax merulinus Blyth, 1851, Cherrapunji, Khasi Hills, Assam [= Meghalaya], India.
Genus usually merged into Garrulax. Until recently regarded as conspecific with S. annamensis. Proposed race toxostomina (from Manipur, in NE India) considered inseparable from nominate. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- merulina ( Blyth, 1851) - NE India (SE Arunachal Pradesh S to Meghalaya, Mizoram and Manipur), W & N Myanmar and S China (W Yunnan).
- laoensis ( Meyer de Schauensee, 1938) - NW Thailand.
- obscura ( Delacour & Jabouille, 1930) - SE Yunnan (China), N Laos and N Vietnam (N Tonkin).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Habituated bird through the feeding of worms. Locality Doi Lang, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Peter Ericsson 3 January 2013 19 weeks ago 17 sec 4.3
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