Trochalopteron formosum formosum

(Verreaux, 1869)

Vernacular names
English : Red-winged laughingthrush
French : Garrulaxe élégant

Classification
Class : Aves
Order : Passeriformes
Family : Leiothrichidae
Notes : 1 other subspecies known

Identification
Adults reach 28 cm in length for a weight of 106 g. Long but thin black bill. Plumage orange-brown, brighter on breast. Bright red wings and tail. Black throat. Silvery-grey patches on forehead and cheeks, separated by a black line. Subspecies with orange-brown back and lower breast plumage, black on throat more extensive.

Range and habitat
This subspecies occurs in eastern Asia, in south-central and south China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi). Species also found in nearby north Vietnam (Tonkin). Lives in broadleaf evergreen forest, secondary growth, scrub, from 900 to 3150 m.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species has a relatively small range but is locally commoner than thought, especially in China. Scarcer in Vietnam.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

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