Babblers (Timaliidae)

Spotted Wren-babbler (Elachura formosa) - HBW 12, p. 176

French: Timalie tachetée German: Fleckenbrust-Zaunkönigstimalie Spanish: Ratina Moteada
Other common names: Spotted Short-tailed Wren-babbler, Spotted Wren

Taxonomy: i>T[roglodytes]. formosus Walden, 1874, Darjeeling, India.
Commonly placed in genus Spelaeornis; possibly closer to Pnoepyga. Recently discovered population in Indochina (Laos) apparently lacks white spotting on throat and breast, and may represent a separate race. Currently treated as monotypic.

Distribution: E Nepal E to NE Indian hill states, NE Bangladesh, N & W Myanmar, SE China (W, C & SE Yunnan E to Hunan, NW Fujian and N Guangdong), N & C Laos and N Vietnam (W Tonkin, N Annam).