Garrulax leucolophus diardi

(Lesson, 1831)

Vernacular names
English : White-crested laughingthrush
French : Garrulaxe à huppe blanche

Classification
Class : Aves
Order : Passeriformes
Family : Leiothrichidae
Notes : 3 other subspecies known

Identification
Large species with conspicuous white hood, crest, head and breast, black band from bill to nape. Brown and chestnut body. Subspecies with white extending to lower belly, rufous chestnut wings.

Range and habitat
Subspecies occurs in southeast Myanmar, northeast, northwest and southeast Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and south China. Found in forests, plantations and gardens, to 2135 m.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species is fairly common and quite adaptable, even occurring near cities. Escapees have established themselves further south to Singapore. Caught for the trade but this is no threat so far.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation
Wild (Chiang Mai, Thailand), Penang Bird Park (Malaysia), Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand), Jurong Bird Park (Singapore), Bird markets in Hong Kong, Zoologischer Garten Berlin (Germany)