Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush - BirdForum Opus

Alternative names: Black-gorgeted Laughingthrush; Necklaced Laughingthrush; Gorgeted Laughingthrush

Garrulax pectoralis

Photo by scottishdude
Photographed: Location: middle of China

Distribution

Found in SE-Asia from the Himalayas (Nepal, India, Bhutan) to Myanmar, S to Thailand, Laos and Vietnam and east through S China, including Hainan.¹
Common in parts of its range and not globally threatened.¹

Taxonomy

Clements² accepts seven subspecies:

• G. p. pectoralis in the Himalayas from Nepal to China
• G. p. melanotis in the Himalayas from Sikkim, Assam and Myanmar to S China, also sometimes merged with nominate.¹
• G. p. pingi in S China. This form is also treated as hybrid between nominate and robini.¹
• G. p. subfusus in SE Myanmar, Thailand and NW Laos
• G. p. robini in S China, N Vietnam and NE Laos
• G. p. picticollis in E China
• G. p. semitorquatus on Hainan.

Habitat

Found in broadleaf evergreen forest, mixed deciduous forest and mixed broadleaf-coniferous forest. Also in secondary growth, bamboo and plantations. Recorded up to 1830m, occasionally to 2000m.¹

Reference

1. del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Christie, D.A. eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 84-96553-42-6
2. Clements James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

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