Babblers (Timaliidae)

White-browed Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus sannio) - HBW 12, p. 250

French: Garrulaxe à sourcils blancs German: Weißwangenhäherling Spanish: Charlatán Payaso
Other common names: White-cheeked Laughingthrush(!)

Taxonomy: Garrulax sannio Swinhoe, 1867, interior of Fujian, China.
Genus normally subsumed into Garrulax; present species has recently been treated in Dryonastes. Four subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • albosuperciliaris ( Godwin-Austen, 1874) - S Assam (N Cachar), Nagaland and Manipur, in NE India.
  • comis ( Deignan, 1952) - NE & E Myanmar, NW Thailand, N Laos, NW Vietnam (W Tonkin) and S China (W & C Yunnan).
  • oblectans ( Deignan, 1952) - SC China (SE Gansu and S Shaanxi S to SW Sichuan and E to W Hubei and N Guizhou).
  • sannio ( Swinhoe, 1867) - NE Vietnam (E Tonkin), and SE China from E Yunnan and Guizhou (except N) E to NE Jiangxi and Fujian.

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