Silver-eared Mesia

Order - Passeriformes 雀形目

Family - Leiotrichidae 噪鹛科 (Laughingthrushes and allies)

Genus - Leiothrix 相思鸟属

Silver-eared Mesia

Leiothrix argentauris

银耳相思鸟

    Size : 15.5–17 cm; 22–29 g

             

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Leiothrix argentauris argentauris (Hodgson, 1837)
  – E Uttarakhand E to Bhutan, NE Indian hill states, N & W Myanmar and adjacent S China (SE Xizang, W & NW Yunnan). 
• Leiothrix argentauris galbana (Mayr & Greenway, 1938)
  – E & SE Myanmar (including Tenasserim) and N & W Thailand.
• Leiothrix argentauris ricketti (La Touche, 1923)
  – S China (S & SE Yunnan, S Guizhou, SW Guangxi), N & C Laos and N Vietnam (Tonkin and N Annam).
• Leiothrix argentauris cunhaci (Robinson & Kloss, 1919)
  – S Laos, Vietnam (C & S Annam) and adjacent E Cambodia.
• Leiothrix argentauris tahanensis (Yen Kwokyung, 1934)
  – S Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.

    Introduced in Hong Kong.

Date : 06 February 2017

十八号塘, 旱龙寨, 百花岭, 高黎贡山国家自然保护区, 隆阳区, 保山市, 云南省, 中国

Hide 18, HanLongZhai, BaiHuaLing, Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve,
Longyang Qu, Baoshan Prefecture-level City, Yunnan Province, China