Black-faced Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron affine
黑顶噪鹛
Introduction
A bird species in the family Leiothrichidae endemic to the Eastern Himalayas. Its range extends from eastern Nepal eastwards through Arunachal Pradesh in India to Myanmar, with additional populations in Bhutan and southeastern Tibet. Small disjunct populations also occur in continental Southeast Asia.
Distribution & Habitat
Distributed across the Eastern Himalayas, from eastern Nepal through Arunachal Pradesh to Myanmar. The species occurs in Bhutan and southeastern Tibet, with isolated populations in continental Southeast Asia.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- Genus
- Trochalopteron
- eBird Code
- blflau1
Vocalizations
Subspecies (6)
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Trochalopteron affine affine
mountains of western and central Nepal
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Trochalopteron affine bethelae
Himalayas from eastern Nepal to eastern Bhutan and southeastern Tibet
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Trochalopteron affine blythii
mountains of west-central China (northern Sichuan in Moupin region)
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Trochalopteron affine muliense
southwestern China (Yangtze River Valley of southeastern Qinghai and northwestern Yunnan)
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Trochalopteron affine oustaleti
southern China (northwestern Yunnan) to northeastern Assam and northeastern Myanmar
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Trochalopteron affine saturatum
northern Tonkin (Fan Si Pan Mountains)
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.