Red-tailed Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron milnei)
About the Red-tailed Laughingthrush
The red-tailed laughingthrush (Trochalopteron milnei) is a species of bird in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. It is found in the montane forests of Myanmar, Laos, southern China and central Vietnam. The red-tailed laughingthrush was formally described in 1874 by the French Catholic priest and naturalist Armand David under the current binomial name Trochalopteron milnei. He had discovered the species in west Fujian province, China. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek trokhalos meaning "round" or "bowed" with pteron meaning "wing". The specific epithet milnei was chosen to honour the French zoologist Alphonse Milne-Edwards. Four subspecies are recognised: T. m. sharpei Rippon, G, 1901 – north Myanmar and south China to northwest Thailand and north Indochina
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1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in China, Vietnam · xeno-canto lists 17 recordings for this species in total.
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