Babblers (Timaliidae)
Spotted Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla ocellata) - HBW 12, p. 253
French: Garrulaxe ocellé
German: Waldhäherling
Spanish: Charlatán Ocelado
Other common names: Ocellated/White/White-spotted Laughingthrush
Taxonomy: Cinclosoma ocellatum Vigors, 1831, Himalayas = Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
Genus traditionally subsumed in Garrulax. Has been treated as conspecific with I. maxima, and the two appear to intergrade between upper R Subansiri (India) and Tsangpo Valley, in SE Xizang (China). Race maculipectus previously listed using older name similis; with inclusion of present species and Trochalopteron variegatum simile in genus Garrulax, name similis became preoccupied, and was replaced by maculipectus; this made the name similis permanently invalid for the taxon now known as maculipectus, even though herein the .. View all taxonomy...
Genus traditionally subsumed in Garrulax. Has been treated as conspecific with I. maxima, and the two appear to intergrade between upper R Subansiri (India) and Tsangpo Valley, in SE Xizang (China). Race maculipectus previously listed using older name similis; with inclusion of present species and Trochalopteron variegatum simile in genus Garrulax, name similis became preoccupied, and was replaced by maculipectus; this made the name similis permanently invalid for the taxon now known as maculipectus, even though herein the two forms are not treated as congeneric. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- griseicauda ( Koelz, 1950) - N India (Uttaranchal Pradesh) and W Nepal.
- ocellata ( Vigors, 1831) - C Nepal E to Bhutan, NE India (W Arunachal Pradesh) and adjacent S China (S & SE Xizang).
- maculipectus Hachisuka, 1953 - N Myanmar and S China (W & NW Yunnan).
- artemisiae ( David, 1871) - EC China (S Gansu S to WC Sichuan and extreme NE Yunnan; W Hubei).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult in a bush Locality Xi Xiang Chi Monastery, Emei Shan, Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp artemisiae)
Cagan H Sekercioglu 28 August 2002 8 years ago 9 sec 3.2 -
A bird on a branch, flicking its tail and wings Locality Sing Gompa, Langtang National Park, Nepal (ssp griseicauda)
John Gregory 1998 4 years ago 25 sec 3.2 -
A bird singing in response to a tape Locality Dirang, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India (ssp griseicauda)
Ron Hoff 4 March 2008 3 years ago 31 sec 3.1 -
A bird shaking its plumage and rubbing its bill Locality Birdworld, Farnham, Surrey, England, Great Britain
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2007 4 years ago 15 sec 2.9 -
Two birds, one moving away and the other foraging on the ground Locality Central Park, New York City, New York, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 9 March 1998 5 years ago 17 sec 2.8 -
one perched, looking around and flies (it had been perched here for over three minutes) Locality Eaglenest Pass, Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India (ssp ocellata)
Martin Kennewell 11 April 2010 2 years ago 35 sec 2.3
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A bird foraging on the ground.
Locality Birdworld, Farnham, Surrey, England, Great Britain
Tomasz Doroń 24 April 2009 2 years ago 3
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