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subspecies schistaceus
Photo by Auywat J,
Doi Inthanon, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Trochalopteron melanostigma

Identification

24 - 26cm. A medium-sized laughingthrush.

  • Greyish-olive plumage
  • Brilliant green-gold panels on winges and sides of tail with black primary coverts
  • Heavy black spots on upper mantle and scales on breast
  • Chestnut-orange crown
  • Blackish lores and throat
  • Dark eye

Distribution

Found in northern Vietnam, Laos, northwest Thailand and Burma.
Common in part of its range.

Taxonomy

Clements accepts five subspecies:

  • T. m. connectens in the mountains of Tonkin and northeast Laos
  • T. m. subconnectens in northeast Thailand
  • T. m. schistaceum in eastern Burma and northwest Thailand
  • T. m. melanostigma in southeast Burma and northwest Thailand
  • T. m. ramsayi in southern Burma

Has been included in Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush in the past.
Also placed in the genus Garrulax.

Habitat

Understorey and bamboo in broadleaf evergreen forest. Also in mixed forest, secondary growth and rhododendron scrub. Found at 1000m to 3400m.

Behaviour

Feeds on inscects, berries, seeds and other vegetable matter.
Forages on or close to the ground in pairs or small groups, sometimes together with other laughingthrushes.
Breeding season differs throughout range. The nest is a deep cup made of dead leaves, dry grasses, moss and other dead vegetation. It's placed in a small tree, bush, sapling or hanging lianas. Lays 1 - 4 eggs.
Resident species.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422
  4. Rasmussen, PC and JC Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334672

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