Birds of India - The New Synopsis

A complete checklist of bird species and subspecies found in India

Passeriformes (Perching Birds)

Leiothrichidae (Laughingthrushes and large Babblers)

• Alcippe Blyth, 1844 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 13 p.370,384 Thimalia poioicephala Jerdon, 1841; Type by original designation
  • 986. Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala (Jerdon, 1841)
    Alternative Names: Quaker Tit Babbler, Quaker Babbler
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 986a. Alcippe poioicephala poioicephala (Jerdon, 1841) [HB#1390]
      Original Description: Thimalia poioicephala Jerdon, 1841 Madras Journal of Literature and Science 13 p.169 (Coonoor Ghats, Nilgiris)
      Distribution: W Ghats from about Goa and NW Karnataka south till Kalakkad; as well as outcrops like Nilgiris and Palani hills.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, FMNH, MCZ, USNM, YPM, TNHM
    • 986b. Alcippe poioicephala brucei Hume, 1870 [HB#1389]
      Original Description: Alcippe phaeocephala brucei Hume, 1870 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 39 p.122 (Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra)
      Taxonomy: Intergrades with the nominate subspecies in Biligirirangans and SW Maharashtra (AR2001). AR2001 used Alcippe brucei as the protonym.
      Distribution: SW Rajasthan (Mt. Abu), Surat Dangs in E Gujarat, NW Ghats till about Goa, C Indian highlands of NE Maharashtra, C and E Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, adjoining W Bengal, NE Ghats of Odisha, NE Andhra, and CE Ghats till Tirumala hills; sporadically in SE Ghats (Jawadhu, Kalvarayan, Servarayan, and Kolli hills), Melagiri, Male Mahadeshwara, and Biligirirangan hills.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1886.10.1.6445 (Syntype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM
    • 986c. Alcippe poioicephala fusca Godwin-Austen, 1877 [HB#1391]
      Original Description: Alcippe fusca Godwin-Austen, 1877 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol. 45, Part 2, N° 4 p.197-198 (Naga hills)
      Taxonomy: Intergrades with extralimital phayrei Blyth, 1845.of SW Myanmar, which may also occur in Mizoram. There are three other Syntypes in NHMUK. ZSI#35465 from 'Luchimpur, Naga Hills' (Lakhimpur?) of Godwin-Austen listed as another Syntype.
      Distribution: Disjunctly in Assam plains, and all NE hill states.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1895.7.14.2103 (Syntype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH
  
  
  • 987. Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837)
    Alternative Names: Nepal Tit Babbler, Nepal Quaker Babbler
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 987a. Alcippe nipalensis nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837) [HB#1392]
      Original Description: [Mesia] Siva Nipalensis Hodgson, 1837 The India Review and Journal of Foreign Science and the Arts 2 p.89
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, NW Assam, and Arunachal till about Talle valley in C Arunachal.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM
    • 987b. Alcippe nipalensis commoda Ripley, 1948 [HB#1393]
      Original Description: Alcippe nipalensis commoda Ripley, 1948 Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 61 (18) p.104 (Dening, Mishmi hills, Lohit district, Arunachal)
      Taxonomy: Subspecies not always recognised and synonymised with the nominate subspecies (see AR2001, RA2012, Avilist). Includes turensis Koelz 1952 from Tura mountain, Garo hills, Meghalaya and khasiensis Koelz 1954 from Cherrapunji, Khasi hills, Meghalaya.
      Distribution: C Arunachal from about Siang valley, E Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, adjoining Assam, Cachar, Manipur, and Tripura.
      Type Specimen: USNM#390348 (Holotype?).
      Specimens: ZSI, FMNH, USNM, MCZ
      Notes: Range tentative – Meghalaya and adjoining Assam birds just N and east of Meghalaya assumed under this subspecies.
    • 987c. Alcippe nipalensis stanfordi Ticehurst, 1930 [HB#1394]
      Original Description: Alcippe nepalensis stanfordi Ticehurst, 1930 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 50 p.84
      Taxonomy: AR2001 considers Mizoram population to be intergrades but RA2012 places the Mizoram population under this subspecies, and is followed here.
      Distribution: Mizoram.
      Specimens: UMMZ, FMNH
  
  
• Grammatoptila Reichenbach, 1850 Avium Systema Naturale. Das natürliche System der Vögel mit hundert Tafeln grösstentheils Original-Abbildungen der bis jetzt entdecken fast zwölfhundert typischen Formen. Vorlaüfer einer Iconographie der Arten der Vögel aller Welttheile pl.85 Garrulus striatus Vigors, 1831; Type by subsequent monotypy (Gray, 1855, Catalogue of the genera and subgenera of birds contained in the British Museum, p.45)
  • 988. Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata (Vigors, 1831)
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 988a. Grammatoptila striata striata (Vigors, 1831) [HB#1279]
      Original Description: Garrulus striatus Vigors, 1831 Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 no.1 p.7 (Nainital)
      Distribution: Himachal, W, and C Uttarakhand.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, YPM
      Notes: Zone of intergradation in Kumaon not investigated here.
    • 988b. Grammatoptila striata vibex (Ripley, 1950) [HB#1280]
      Original Description: Garrulax striatus vibex Ripley, 1950 Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 63 (20) p.103-104
      Distribution: E Kumaon (Uttarakhand).
      Specimens: NHMUK, AMNH
    • 988c. Grammatoptila striata sikkimensis Ticehurst, 1924 [HB#1281]
      Original Description: Grammatoptila striata sikkimensis Ticehurst, 1924 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 44 p.104 (Sikkim)
      Distribution: N Bengal and Sikkim.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1886.10.1.4037 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, FMNH, YPM, BNHM
    • 988d. Grammatoptila striata brahmaputra (Hachisuka, 1953) [HB#1282]
      Original Description: Garrulax striatus brahmaputra Hachisuka, 1953 The Auk 70 p.92 (Dafla and Naga hills)
      Taxonomy: A new name for G. austeni which was preoccupied (see Hachisuka 1953, Auk 70 (1): 92). But, sometimes considered a synonym (as in AR2001) of cranbrooki Kinnear 1932 from Adung valley, NE Myanmar – whence E Himalayan population recognised under that name (see eBird/Clements).
      Distribution: Arunachal and Nagaland.
      Type Specimen: USNM#583153 (Holotype).
      Specimens: NHMUK, USNM
      Notes: Reports from Meghalaya (AR2001), Cachar (AR2001), and Mizoram not evaluated.
  
  
• Cutia Hodgson, 1837 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 5(1836) p.772 Cutia nipalensis Hodgson, 1837; Type by original designation
  • 989. Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis Hodgson, 1837
    Alternative Names: Nepal Cutia; Cutia (with C. legalleni EL)
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 989a. Cutia nipalensis nipalensis Hodgson, 1837 [HB#1339]
      Original Description: [Cutia] Nipalensis Hodgson, 1837 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 5 p.774
      Taxonomy: Includes nagaensis Koelz 1954 from Kohima, Naga hills.
      Distribution: E Utttarakhand (Kumaon), N Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal, Nagaland, Manipur, and Mizoram.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, LKO
      Notes: Reports from Cachar and Meghalaya not verified.
  
  
• Trochalopteron Blyth, 1843 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 12 p. 952, footnote. Trochalopteron subunicolor Blyth, 1843; Type by subsequent designation (Baker, 1930, The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Birds. 2nd ed., 7, p.30)
  • 990. Scaly Laughingthrush Trochalopteron subunicolor Blyth, 1843
    Alternative Names: Plain-coloured Laughingthrush
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 990a. Trochalopteron subunicolor subunicolor Blyth, 1843 [HB#1320]
      Original Description: Tr[ochalopteron]. subunicolor Blyth, 1843 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 12 p.952, note
      Taxonomy: Population in Nagaland might be of an undescribed subspecies (Edwards et al. 2016, BA 26:88).
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, and Arunachal till Mishmi hills, Udayak pass and Upper Noa-Dihing valley; disjunctly in Nagaland.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, FMNH
  
  
  • 991. Brown-capped Laughingthrush Trochalopteron austeni Godwin-Austen, 1870
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-I.
    Endemic: Eastern Himalaya.
    • 991a. Trochalopteron austeni austeni Godwin-Austen, 1870 [HB#1318]
      Original Description: Trochalopteron Austeni Godwin-Austen, 1870 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 39 p.105 (Lhungjang [=Hengdang] Peak, Assam.)
      Distribution: Cachar, Nagaland, and Manipur.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1895.7.14.2253 (Syntype).
      Specimens: NHMUK, YPM
      Notes: Meghalaya report unverified.
    • 991b. Trochalopteron austeni victoriae (Rippon, 1906)
      Original Description: Ianthocincla victoriae Rippon, 1906 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 16 p.47
      Distribution: Mizoram.
      Specimens: UMMZ, FMNH
      Notes: All Mizo birds assumed to be this subspecies, after RA2012 thought AR2001 included Mizoram in the range of the nominate subspecies.
  
  
  • 992. Blue-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron squamatum (Gould, 1835) [HB#1319]
    Original Description: Ianthocincla squamata Gould, 1835 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 3, no.27 p.48 (Sikkim)
    Taxonomy: Includes subsquamatum Koelz 1952 from Pynursla, Khasi hills, Meghalaya.
    Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Cachar, Manipur, and Mizoram.
    Type Specimen: NHMUK#1838.5.12.104 (Holotype).
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, YPM, TNHM
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
  
  
  • 993. Streaked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron lineatum (Vigors, 1831)
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 993a. Trochalopteron lineatum gilgit (Hartert, 1909) [HB#1313]
      Original Description: Ianthocincla lineatum gilgit Hartert, 1909 Die Vögel der paläarktischen Fauna. Systematische Übersicht der in Europa, Nord-Asien und der Mittelmeerregion vorkommenden Vögel Band I Heft VI p.636 (Gilgit)
      Distribution: Gilgit.
      Type Specimen: AMNH#586711 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, AMNH
    • 993b. Trochalopteron lineatum lineatum (Vigors, 1831) [HB#1314]
      Original Description: Cinclosoma lineatum Vigors, 1831 Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 no.5 p.56 (Shimla-Almora districts, W Himalaya)
      Taxonomy: Include grisescentior Hartert 1909 from Shimla.
      Distribution: Kashmir, Jammu, Himachal, adjoining Haryana, and Uttarakhand.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, YPM, LKO
    • 993c. Trochalopteron lineatum setafer (Hodgson, 1836) [HB#1315]
      Original Description: Cinc[losoma]. setafer Hodgson, 1836 Asiatic Researches; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts and sciences, and literature of Asia Vol. 19, Part I p.148-149
      Distribution: N Bengal and Sikkim.
      Notes: Search for specimens from Sikkim or N Bengal has not been successful; particularly none in Lucknow State Museum which has an extensive collection from Darjeeling. The museum at Darjeeling would need to be searched thoroughly.
  
  
  • 994. Bhutan Laughingthrush Trochalopteron imbricatum (Blyth, 1843) [HB#1316]
    Original Description: G[arrulax]. imbricatus Blyth, 1843 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol. 12, Part 2, N° 143 p.951-952
    Distribution: N Bengal (Buxa hill forests) and W Arunachal (Dafla hills).
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: High. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Notes: No Indian specimens located though AR2001 mentions a specimen from Buxa, where it is likely to occur.
  
  
  • 995. Striped Laughingthrush Trochalopteron virgatum Godwin-Austen, 1874 [HB#1317]
    Original Description: Trochalopteron virgatum Godwin-Austen, 1874 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 p.46 (Razami under the Kopamedza Ridge, Naga hills)
    Taxonomy: Includes querulum Koelz 1952 from Hmuntha, Mizo hills.
    Alternative Names: Manipur Streaked Laughingthrush
    Distribution: SE Arunachal (Vijoynagar region), Nagaland, Cachar, Manipur, and Mizoram.
    Type Specimen: NHMUK#1895.7.14.2255 (Holotype).
    Specimens: NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, YPM
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Endemic: Eastern Himalaya.
    Notes: Meghalaya (AR2001) distribution not investigated.
  
  
  • 996. Variegated Laughingthrush Trochalopteron variegatum (Vigors, 1831)
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 996a. Trochalopteron variegatum simile Hume, 1871 [HB#1289]
      Original Description: Trochalopteron simile Hume, 1871 Ibis (3) 1 (4) p.408 (Nowshera, Kashmir)
      Distribution: Gilgit, Kashmir, Lahaul, Chamba till Kangra in Himachal.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1873.6.30.10 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH
    • 996b. Trochalopteron variegatum variegatum (Vigors, 1831) [HB#1290]
      Original Description: Cinclosoma variegatum Vigors, 1831 Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 no.5 p.56 (Shimla-Almora districts, W Himalaya)
      Distribution: Himachal from Kangra through Shimla and Uttarakhand.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, YPM
  
  
  • 997. Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine (Blyth, 1843)
    Original Description: G[arrulax]. affinis Blyth, 1843 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 12 p.950
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 997a. Trochalopteron affine bethelae (Rand & Fleming, 1956) [HB#1323]
      Original Description: Garrulax affinis bethelae Rand & Fleming, 1956 Fieldiana Zoology 39 (1) p.2 (Thangu, Sikkim)
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, and Arunachal till Walong region.
      Type Specimen: FMNH#84809 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, YPM
    • 997b. Trochalopteron affine oustaleti (Hartert, 1909)
      Original Description: Ianthocincla affinis oustaleti Hartert, 1909 Die Vögel der paläarktischen Fauna. Systematische Übersicht der in Europa, Nord-Asien und der Mittelmeerregion vorkommenden Vögel Band I Heft VI p.633
      Distribution: Saramati peak (E Nagaland.).
      Notes: On range, this should be the taxon.
  
  
  • 998. Elliot's Laughingthrush Trochalopteron elliotii Verreaux, 1871
    Taxonomy: Sometimes considered monotypic (IOC, Avilist).
    IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Notes: No photographs exist; accepted based on written description (Dalvi 2013, IB 8 (5): 130).
    • 998a. Trochalopteron elliotii elliotii Verreaux, 1871
      Original Description: Trochalopteron elliotii Verreaux, 1871 Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Bulletin 6 p.36
      Distribution: Reported only from Anini region (NE Arunachal).
      Notes: Subspecies assumed on range.
  
  
  • 999. Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum (Vigors, 1832)
    Alternative Names: Red-headed Laughingthrush (with T. chrysopterum)
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 999a. Trochalopteron erythrocephalum erythrocephalum (Vigors, 1832) [HB#1324]
      Original Description: Cinclosoma erythrocephalum Vigors, 1832 Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 no.14 p.171 (Chamba, Himachal)
      Distribution: Kashmir, Jammu, Himachal, and Uttarakhand.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, YPM, LKO
    • 999b. Trochalopteron erythrocephalum nigrimentum Oates, 1889 [HB#1326-1327]
      Original Description: Trochalopterum nigrimentum Oates, 1889 The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Birds. 1st ed. vol. 1 p.88, p.91-92, fig. 27 (head) (Sikkim)
      Taxonomy: Includes inprudens Ripley 1948 from Tidding saddle above Dreyi, Mishmi hills; a location in the neighbourhood of Hawa camp near Udayak pass.
      Distribution: N Bengal (including Buxa), Sikkim, and Arunachal.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, YPM, BNHM
  
  
  • 1000. Assam Laughingthrush Trochalopteron chrysopterum (Gould, 1835)
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1000a. Trochalopteron chrysopterum chrysopterum (Gould, 1835) [HB#1328]
      Original Description: Ianthocincla chrysoptera Gould, 1835 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 3 p.48 (Khasi hills, Meghalaya)
      Taxonomy: Includes ruficapillus Blyth 1850 from Cherrapunji, Meghalaya; whose type specimen is listed in the ZSI register.
      Distribution: Meghalaya.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1838.5.12.106 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH
    • 1000b. Trochalopteron chrysopterum godwini Harington, 1914 [HB#1329]
      Original Description: Trochalopterum erythrocephalum godwini Harington, 1914 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 33 p.92 (Hengdan Peak, N. Cachar hills, Assam)
      Distribution: Nagaland, Cachar, and W Manipur.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1895.7.14.2242 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, YPM
    • 1000c. Trochalopteron chrysopterum erythrolaemum Hume, 1881 [HB#1330]
      Original Description: Trochalopterum erythrolaema Hume, 1881 Stray Feathers Vol. 10, N° 1, 2 & 3 p.153-155 (Matchi, E Manipur hills)
      Distribution: E Manipur and Mizoram.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1886.10.1.2785 (Holotype).
      Specimens: NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH
    • [Trochalopteron chrysopterum woodi Baker, 1914 ]
      Original Description: Trichalopterum erathrolaema woodi Baker, 1914 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 35 p.17
      Taxonomy: Sometimes considered a subspecies of T. erythrocephalum sensu lato.
      Distribution: Anini region, Walong (Lohit valley), and Vijoynagar in E Arunachal.
      Notes: Tentatively placed under this taxon. Exact ranges of nigrimentum and woodi in E Arunachal is not worked out well.
  
  
• Montecincla Robin, Vishnudas, Gupta, Rheindt, Hooper, Ramakrishnan & Reddy, 2017 BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:31 C. [=Crateropus] cachinnaus Jerdon, 1839; Type by original designation
  • 1001. Banasura Laughingthrush Montecincla jerdoni (Blyth, 1851) [HB#1309]
    Original Description: Garrulax (?) Jerdoni Blyth, 1851 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 20 p.522 (Banasura peak, N Kerala)
    Taxonomy: Type specimen lost (Sclater 1892, Ibis 34 (1): 72).
    Alternative Names: Grey-breasted Laughingthrush (with M. fairbanki & M. meridionale); Coorg White-breasted Laughingthrush, Banasura Chilappan
    Distribution: SW Ghats of S Kodagu and Wayanad -disjunctly in (a) Aralam-Brahmagiri, (b) Banasura and (c) Camel's Hump Mountains (Vellarimala-Chembra).
    Specimens: NHMUK, AMNH
    IUCN: Endangered. SoIB: High. WLPA: Schedule-I.
    Endemic: Western Ghats.
  
  
  • 1002. Nilgiri Laughingthrush Montecincla cachinnans (Jerdon, 1839) [HB#1307-1308]
    Original Description: C[rateropus]. cachinnans Jerdon, 1839 Madras Journal of Literature and Science 10 p.255 pl.7 (Nilgiri hills, Tamil Nadu)
    Taxonomy: Includes cinnamomeum Davison 1886 from an unknown locality presumably from the W Ghats.
    Alternative Names: Black-chinned Laughingthrush (with M. jerdoni); Rufous-breasted Laughingthrush, Nilgiri Chilappan
    Distribution: SW Ghats of NW Tamil Nadu and adjoining Kerala – disjunctly in (a) Nilgiris and (b) Muthikulam-Elival hills.
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, RBINS, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, YPM, TNHM, LKO
    IUCN: Near Threatened. SoIB: High. WLPA: Schedule-I.
    Endemic: Western Ghats.
  
  
  • 1003. Palani Laughingthrush Montecincla fairbanki (Blanford, 1869) [HB#1310]
    Original Description: Trochalopteron Fairbanki Blanford, 1869 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol. 38, Part 2, N° 3 p.175-177, pl. XVIIa (Palani hills, Tamil Nadu)
    Taxonomy: ZSI register has #35452 (Palani hills) and #35453 (Mynall, Travancore), the former by Fairbank and the latter by Blanford, listed as Syntypes. Hence, the NHMUK type may also be a Syntype rather than Holotype.
    Alternative Names: Kerala Laughingthrush (with M. meridionale); Palani Chilappan
    Distribution: SW Ghats of Palani and Munnar hills and disjunctly in Meghamalai and Pandalam hills.
    Type Specimen: NHMUK#1869.9.15.1 (Holotype).
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, FMNH, TNHM, LKO
    IUCN: Near Threatened. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Endemic: Western Ghats.
  
  
  • 1004. Ashambu Laughingthrush Montecincla meridionalis (Blanford, 1880) [HB#1311]
    Original Description: Trochalopterum meridionale Blanford, 1880 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol. 49, Part 2, N° 3 p.142-144 (Travancore-Tinnevelly boundary [=state border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, southern Kerala)
    Taxonomy: See Girija (2025, IB 21 (5): 139) for a discussion its type locality.
    Alternative Names: Travancore Laughingthrush, White-breasted Laughingthrush, Ashambu Chilappan
    Distribution: Agasthyamala hills in SW Ghats.
    Type Specimen: NHMUK#1880.8.19.10 (Syntype).
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, TNHM
    IUCN: Vulnerable. SoIB: High. WLPA: Schedule-I.
    Endemic: Western Ghats.
  
  
• Heterophasia Blyth, 1842 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 11 p.186 Heterophasia cuculopsis Blyth, 1842; Type by monotypy = Sibia picaoides Hodgson, 1839
  • 1005. Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides (Hodgson, 1839)
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1005a. Heterophasia picaoides picaoides (Hodgson, 1839) [HB#1401]
      Original Description: [Sibia] Pieaoides Hodgson, 1839 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 8 p.38
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal till Patkai ranges in SE Arunachal.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, UMZC, RBINS, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM
      Notes: Its presence in NE hill states other than Arunachal not supported by specimens or media but reported from Nagaland (AR2001), Meghalaya, Silchar, Manipur, and Mizoram – probably some of them correct.
  
  
  • 1006. Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata (Vigors, 1831)
    Taxonomy: The subspecies nigriceps occurs in Nepal while the nominate occurs west of it and bayleyi occurs east. It is not definitely known whether the intergradation zones of nigriceps with the nominate subspecies or bayleyi straddle India or not – but that is likely to be the case.
    Alternative Names: Black-capped Sibia
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1006a. Heterophasia capistrata capistrata (Vigors, 1831) [HB#1396]
      Original Description: Cinclosoma capistratum Vigors, 1831 Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 no.5 p.56 (Shimla)
      Taxonomy: Includes pallida Hartert 1891 from Shimla.
      Distribution: W Himalaya from Kashmir, Jammu, Himachal, W, and C Uttarakhand.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, USNM, YPM
    • 1006b. Heterophasia capistrata nigriceps (Hodgson, 1839) [HB#1397]
      Original Description: [Sibia] Nigriceps Hodgson, 1839 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol. 8, N° 85 p.38
      Distribution: E Uttarakhand (Kumaon).
      Specimens: NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, YPM
      Notes: Most of its range is in Nepal but listed here based on the specimens in the catalogue of UMMZ, YPM, and FMNH. Photographs from the Pithoragarh region taken in the field also have features similar to Nepal birds. There are also specimens from N Bengal (Darjeeling) but the photographs from the field suggest this population might be an intergrade with bayleyi.
    • 1006c. Heterophasia capistrata bayleyi (Kinnear, 1939) [HB#1398]
      Original Description: Leioptila capistrata bayleyi Kinnear, 1939 Ibis (14) 3 (4) p.752
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, W Arunachal (Tawang district – beyond Sela).
      Specimens: BNHS, UMZC, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, BNHM
      Notes: Dafla hills mentioned in the distribution (AR2001) but it is not clear if the records south of Sela.
  
  
  • 1007. Beautiful Sibia Heterophasia pulchella (Godwin-Austen, 1874)
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Endemic: Eastern Himalaya.
    • 1007a. Heterophasia pulchella nigroaurita (Kinnear, 1944) [HB#1400]
      Original Description: Leioptila pulchella nigroaurita Kinnear, 1944 Ibis 86 (1) p.83 (Lhalung, near Mechuka, Arunachal)
      Taxonomy: It intergrades with the nominate subspecies in Mishmi hills.
      Distribution: Arunachal from Dafla hills in the west till about Mishmi hills in the east.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1938.12.13.241 (Holotype).
      Specimens: NHMUK
    • 1007b. Heterophasia pulchella pulchella (Godwin-Austen, 1874) [HB#1400]
      Original Description: Sibia pulchella Godwin-Austen, 1874 The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (4), 13 p.160 (Barail Range, Assam)
      Distribution: E Arunachal from about Mishmi hills, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Cachar, Manipur, and Mizoram.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1895.7.14.1763 (Syntype).
      Specimens: NHMUK, YPM
  
  
  • 1008. Grey Sibia Heterophasia gracilis (Horsfield, 1840) [HB#1399]
    Original Description: Hypsipetes gracilis Horsfield, 1840 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt7 no.82 p.159 (Naga hills)
    Taxonomy: Includes ardosiaca Koelz 1954 from Mawphlang, Khasi hills.
    Distribution: SE Arunachal (sporadic – Namdapha and Patkai hills), Nagaland, Meghalaya, Cachar, Manipur, and Mizoram.
    Type Specimen: NHMUK#1880.1.1.1933 (Holotype or Syntype ?).
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Endemic: Eastern Himalaya.
    Notes: Reports north of Brahmaputra not evaluated here.
  
  
• Actinodura Gould, 1836 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 4, no.38 p.17 Actinodura egertoni Gould, 1836; Type by original designation
  • 1009. Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836) [HB#1352-1353]
    Original Description: Cinclosoma ? Nipalensis Hodgson, 1836 Asiatic Researches; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts and sciences, and literature of Asia 19 p.145
    Taxonomy: Includes vinctura Ripley 1950 that occurs eastwards from E Nepal.
    Alternative Names: Hoary Barwing
    Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, and W Arunachal.
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, AMNH, FMNH, USNM, YPM, BNHM
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: High. WLPA: Schedule-II.
  
  
  • 1010. Streak-throated Barwing Actinodura waldeni Godwin-Austen, 1874
    Taxonomy: Whether daflaensis subspecies should be treated as a subspecies of A. nipalensis or A. waldeni is an open question. Intergrades occur in Dafla hills (RA2012) and most photographs difficult to assign safely to one or the other. Subspecies status of other populations in Arunachal is also uncertain. Mishmi hill birds are included under daflaensis by RA2012 though the photographs show birds that are markedly different and closer to the nominate subspecies. SE Arunachal birds has been suggested as an undescribed subspecies (Srinivasan et al. 2008, FT 26: 96), but it is uncertain whether those are age-related variations.
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Endemic: Eastern Himalaya.
    • 1010a. Actinodura waldeni daflaensis Godwin-Austen, 1875 [HB#1354]
      Original Description: Actinura daflaensis Godwin-Austen, 1875 The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser. 4, vol. XVI, N° 95 p.340 (Dafla hills)
      Distribution: Arunachal (Dafla hills) as well as elsewhere – Talle Valley (C Arunachal), Siang valley (NE Arunachal), Mishmi hills (NE Arunachal), and SE Arunachal (Upper Noa-Dihing valley).
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1895.7.14.1422 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, USNM
    • 1010b. Actinodura waldeni waldeni Godwin-Austen, 1874 [HB#1355]
      Original Description: Actinodura waldeni Godwin-Austen, 1874 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 p.46 pl.12 (Mount Japvo, Naga hills)
      Distribution: Nagaland, Meghalaya, Cachar, and Manipur.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1895.7.14.1415 (Syntype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, USNM, YPM
    • [Actinodura waldeni poliotis (Rippon, 1905) [HB#1356]]
      Original Description: Ixops poliotis Rippon, 1905 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 15 p.97
      Distribution: Mizoram (Murlen, Sailam).
      Notes: Sight records likely to be this subspecies.
  
  
  • 1011. Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera (Hodgson, 1837)
    Alternative Names: Blue-winged Siva
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1011a. Actinodura cyanouroptera cyanouroptera (Hodgson, 1837) [HB#1362]
      Original Description: Siva Cyanouroptera Hodgson, 1837 The India Review and Journal of Foreign Science and the Arts 2 p.88
      Distribution: Uttarakhand, N Bengal, Assam, Arunachal till about Mishmi hills and Lohit valley.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, YPM, BNHM
    • 1011b. Actinodura cyanouroptera aglae (Deignan, 1942) [HB#1362]
      Original Description: Siva cyanouroptera aglaë Deignan, 1942 Notulae Naturae 100 p.1
      Taxonomy: Includes thalia Koelz 1954 from Mawphlang, Khasi hills, Meghalaya and rama Koelz 1954 from a site near Nokrek, Garo hills, Meghalaya.
      Distribution: SE Arunachal (Noa-Dihing valley), Patkai hills, E Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, adjoining Assam (Garbhanga), Cachar, Manipur, and Mizoram.
      Specimens: BNHS, UMMZ, FMNH, YPM
  
  
  • 1012. Chestnut-tailed Minla Actinodura strigula (Hodgson, 1837)
    Alternative Names: Bar-throated Siva, Bar-throated Minla
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1012a. Actinodura strigula simlaensis (Meinertzhagen, 1926) [HB#1358]
      Original Description: Siva strigula simlaensis Meinertzhagen, 1926 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 46 p.128 (Shimla)
      Distribution: W Himalaya from Jammu, through Himachal and Uttarakhand.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1886.10.1.6739 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, YPM
    • 1012b. Actinodura strigula strigula (Hodgson, 1837) [HB#1359]
      Original Description: [Mesia] Siva Strigula Hodgson, 1837 The India Review and Journal of Foreign Science and the Arts 2 p.89
      Distribution: N Bengal and Sikkim.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, YPM, BNHM
    • 1012c. Actinodura strigula yunnanensis (Rothschild, 1921) [HB#1360-1361]
      Original Description: Siva strigula yunnanensis Rothschild, 1921 Novitates Zoologicae 28 p.40
      Taxonomy: Includes cinereogenae Ripley 1952 of Mt. Japvo, W Naga hills – and AR2001 includes Meghalaya, Cachar and NW Manipur in its range. Also includes victoriae Meinertzhagen 1926 of Mount Victoria, S Myanmar which is said to be the population that occurs in Mizo hills.
      Distribution: Arunachal, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, and Mizoram.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, YPM
  
  
  • 1013. Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni Gould, 1836
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1013a. Actinodura egertoni egertoni Gould, 1836 [HB#1348]
      Original Description: Actinodura Egertoni Gould, 1836 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 4, no.38 p.18
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, W and C Arunachal till about Miri hills.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, BNHM
    • 1013b. Actinodura egertoni lewisi Ripley, 1948 [HB#1349]
      Original Description: Actinodura egertoni lewisi Ripley, 1948 Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 61 (18) p.105 (Dreyi, Mishmi hills, Arunachal)
      Taxonomy: Probably intergrading with the nominate subspecies in Abor hills, Arunachal (AR2001).
      Distribution: Mishmi hills and Lohit valley in E Arunachal.
      Type Specimen: USNM#390299 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, USNM, YPM
    • 1013c. Actinodura egertoni khasiana Godwin-Austen, 1876 [HB#1350]
      Original Description: A[ctinura]. khasiana Godwin-Austen, 1876 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol. 45, Part 2, N° 2 p.76 (in text) (Khasi hills, Meghalaya)
      Taxonomy: Includes montivaga Koelz 1954 from Kohima, Naga hills. ZSI#7695 from Shillong collected by Godwin-Austen is listed as a Syntype.
      Distribution: SE Arunachal (Noa-Dihing valley), Nagaland, Meghalaya, Cachar, and Manipur.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1895.7.14.1427 (Syntype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM
    • 1013d. Actinodura egertoni ripponi Ogilvie-Grant & La Touche, 1907 [HB#1351]
      Original Description: Actinodura ripponi Ogilvie-Grant & La Touche, 1907 Ibis (9) 1 (1) p.186
      Distribution: Mizoram.
      Specimens: UMMZ, FMNH
  
  
• Leiothrix Swainson, 1832 Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. Part second, the birds 2(1831) p.233,490 Parus furcatus Temminck, 1824; Type by original designation = Sylvia lutea Scopoli, 1786
  • 1014. Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea (Scopoli, 1786)
    Original Description: Sylvia (lutea) Scopoli, 1786 Deliciae Florae et Faunae Insubricae 2 p.96
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II. CITES: Appendix II.
    • 1014a. Leiothrix lutea kumaiensis Whistler, 1943 [HB#1335]
      Original Description: Leiothrix lutea kumaiensis Whistler, 1943 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 63 p.62 (Dehradun, Uttarakhand)
      Distribution: W Himalaya from Kashmir, Jammu, Himachal, and Uttarakhand.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1886.10.1.6902 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, USNM
    • 1014b. Leiothrix lutea calipyga (Hodgson, 1837) [HB#1336-1337]
      Original Description: [Mesia] Bahila Calipyga Hodgson, 1837 The India Review and Journal of Foreign Science and the Arts 2 p.88
      Taxonomy: Includes luteola Koelz 1952 from Mawryngkneng, Khasi hills, Meghalaya.
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal, adjoining Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Cachar, and Manipur.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, BNHM
  
  
  • 1015. Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris (Hodgson, 1837)
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II. CITES: Appendix II.
    • 1015a. Leiothrix argentauris argentauris (Hodgson, 1837) [HB#1333]
      Original Description: [Mesia] Mesia Argentauris Hodgson, 1837 The India Review and Journal of Foreign Science and the Arts 2 p.88
      Distribution: From C Uttarakhand, through N Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal till about Mishmi hills, and adjoining Assam.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, BNHM
    • 1015b. Leiothrix argentauris aureigularis (Koelz, 1953) [HB#1333a]
      Original Description: Mesia argentauris aureigularis Koelz, 1953 Journal of the Zoological Society of India 4 (2) p.153 (Tura Mountain, Garo hills, Meghalaya)
      Taxonomy: Validity of this subspecies is debated (see RA2012).
      Distribution: SE Arunachal, adjoining Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Cachar, Manipur, and Mizoram.
      Type Specimen: UMMZ#190726 (Holotype).
      Specimens: NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH
      Notes: Range limited to Garo and Khasi hills (Meghalaya) in AR2001 but RA2012 mentions S Assam hills.
    • 1015c. Leiothrix argentauris vernayi (Mayr & Greenway, 1938) [HB#1334]
      Original Description: Mesia argentauris vernayi Mayr & Greenway, 1938 Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 17 p.3
      Taxonomy: Includes gertrudis Ripley 1948 from Dening, Mishmi hills. However, the validity of vernayi itself is debated (see RA2012).
      Distribution: Mishmi hills and Lohit valley in E Arunachal.
      Specimens: FMNH, USNM
  
  
• Minla Hodgson, 1837 The India Review and Journal of Foreign Science and the Arts 2 p.32 Minla ignotincta Hodgson, 1837; Type by original designation
  • 1016. Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta Hodgson, 1837
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1016a. Minla ignotincta ignotincta Hodgson, 1837 [HB#1357]
      Original Description: Minla Ignotincta Hodgson, 1837 The India Review and Journal of Foreign Science and the Arts 2 p.32
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal, adjacent Assam, Nagaland, and Manipur.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, BNHM
      Notes: Reports from Meghalaya and Mizoram not verified.
  
  
• Leioptila Blyth, 1847 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 16 pt1 p.449 Leioptila annectans Blyth, 1847; Type by monotypy
  • 1017. Rufous-backed Sibia Leioptila annectens Blyth, 1847
    Alternative Names: Chestnut-backed Sibia
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1017a. Leioptila annectens annectens Blyth, 1847 [HB#1395]
      Original Description: L[eioptila]. annectans Blyth, 1847 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 16 p.450 (Darjeeling)
      Taxonomy: Type specimen lost (Sclater 1892, Ibis 34 (1): 72).
      Distribution: NE Bengal, Sikkim (historical), Arunachal, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Cachar, Manipur, and Mizoram.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH
  
  
• Liocichla Swinhoe, 1877 Ibis p.473 Liocichla steerii Swinhoe, 1877; Type by monotypy
  • 1018. Bugun Liocichla Liocichla bugunorum Athreya, 2006
    Original Description: Liocichla bugunorum Athreya, 2006 Indian Birds 2 (4) 82-94. (Eaglenest, Arunachal)
    Taxonomy: No type specimen was collected for its description. However, a few feathers were collected and deposited in the BNHS and its registration number is provided as the holotype.
    Distribution: Restricted to Eaglenest with just one report each from Bomdila and Shergaon; both still in the immediate neighbourhood.
    Type Specimen: BNHS#28981 (Holotype).
    IUCN: Critically Endangered. SoIB: High. WLPA: Schedule-I.
    Endemic: Eastern Himalaya.
    Notes: See Athreya (2006, IB 2 (4): 82).
  
  
  • 1019. Red-faced Liocichla Liocichla phoenicea (Gould, 1837)
    Alternative Names: Crimson-winged Laughingthrush
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1019a. Liocichla phoenicea phoenicea (Gould, 1837) [HB#1331]
      Original Description: Ianthocincla phoenicea Gould, 1837 Icones avium, or figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from various parts of the globe [world] pt1 pl.3
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, and Arunachal till Lohit valley.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM
    • 1019b. Liocichla phoenicea bakeri (Hartert, 1908) [HB#1332]
      Original Description: Trochalopteron phoeniceum bakeri Hartert, 1908 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 23 p.10 (Laisung, North Cachar, Assam)
      Taxonomy: Includes khasium Koelz 1952 from Liatylngkot, Khasi hills, Meghalaya.
      Distribution: SE Arunachal (Noa-Dihing valley), Patkai hills, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Cachar, Manipur, and Mizoram.
      Type Specimen: AMNH#586667 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, YPM
      Notes: Patkai hills included in the range of the nominate subspecies in AR2001. However, Patkai's northern extremity is in Noa-Dihing valley – and hence it should be this subspecies there as well.
  
  
• Argya Lesson, 1831 Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie 25 p.106,note Malurus squamiceps Cretzschmar, 1827; Type by subsequent designation (Gray, 1855, Catalogue of the genera and subgenera of birds contained in the British Museum, p.44)
  • 1020. Large Grey Babbler Argya malcolmi (Sykes, 1832) [HB#1258]
    Original Description: Timalia Malcolmi Sykes, 1832 Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Part 2 no.18 p. 88 (Pune)
    Distribution: Throughout Indian peninsula from Punjab, adjoining Himachal, W through Rajasthan (locally in Thar), Gujarat (except Kachchh), east through Gangetic plains till Bihar and S W Bengal (historically), Jharkhand, W Odisha, and south till southern tip of Tamil Nadu (except W coastal plains.
    Type Specimen: NHMUK#1860.4.16.40a (Holotype).
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, YPM, TNHM, MYS, HYD, LKO
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
  
  
  • 1021. Slender-billed Babbler Argya longirostris (Moore, 1854) [HB#1257]
    Original Description: Pyctorhis longirostris Moore, 1854 A catalogue of the birds in The Museum of the Hononrable East-India Company 1 p.408
    Taxonomy: Includes arcana Koelz 1954 from Karong, Manipur.
    Distribution: NW Bihar (historically), N Bengal, Brahmaputra plains of W and C Assam and sporadically in E Assam, Cachar (historically), and Manipur valley.
    Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH
    IUCN: Vulnerable. SoIB: High. WLPA: Schedule-I.
    Notes: Its presence in Meghalaya and Nagaland not investigated.
  
  
  • 1022. Rufous Babbler Argya subrufa (Jerdon, 1839)
    Alternative Names: Indian Rufous Babbler
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Endemic: Western Ghats.
    • 1022a. Argya subrufa subrufa (Jerdon, 1839) [HB#1259]
      Original Description: T[himalia]. subrufa Jerdon, 1839 Madras Journal of Literature and Science 10 p.259 (Near Mananthavady, Wayanad)
      Taxonomy: Includes poecilorhyncha Lafresnaye 1840 from the northern slopes of Nilgiris.
      Distribution: W Ghats from about Mumbai, south till about Palakkad gap; including eastern extensions in the transition zone in C Karnataka, through Nilgiris to Biligirirangan hills, Servarayan, Kolli, and Pachamalai hills in SE Ghats. Also, locally in SW coastal plains and midlands of Malabar region.
      Type Specimen: MCZ#84373 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, FMNH, MCZ, TNHM
    • 1022b. Argya subrufa hyperythra Sharpe, 1883 [HB#1260]
      Original Description: Argya hyperythra Sharpe, 1883 Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum 7 p.388,390 (Palakkad)
      Distribution: SW Ghats roughly south of Palakkad gap till Kalakkad in the south; as well as adjoining midlands (locally) extending east through Palani hills to Sirumalai hills as well as Varusanadu hills.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1881.5.1.111 (Syntype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, TNHM
  
  
  • 1023. Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis (Jerdon, 1845)
    Alternative Names: White-headed Babbler
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1023a. Argya affinis affinis (Jerdon, 1845) [HB#1267]
      Original Description: M[alacocircus]. affinis Jerdon, 1845 Illustrations of Indian ornithology, containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India text pl.19 (Travancore, S India)
      Taxonomy: Includes polioplocamus Obserholser 1990, which is a new name for griseus Gmelin from 'Coromandel Coast, India'.
      Distribution: Southern peninsular India from about SW Maharashtra (Kolhapur region), N Karnataka, Telangana, NE Maharashtra (Chandrapur region), SE Chhattisgarh (Bastar region), S Odisha, and NE Andhra – all the way south till Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, FMNH, YPM, TNHM, MYS, HYD
  
  
  • 1024. Jungle Babbler Argya striata (Dumont, 1823)
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1024a. Argya striata sindiana (Ticehurst, 1920) [HB#1261]
      Original Description: Crateropus terricolor sindianus Ticehurst, 1920 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 40 p.156
      Taxonomy: Intergrades with orientalis in Kachchh.
      Distribution: Punjab, Rajasthan (locally in Thar), and Kachchh.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, USNM, FTLB
    • 1024b. Argya striata striata (Dumont, 1823) [HB#1265]
      Original Description: Cossyphus striatus Dumont, 1823 Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes ...Par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi, et des principales écoles de Paris 29 p.268 (Bengal)
      Taxonomy: Includes terricolor Hodgson 1836 of Nepal.
      Distribution: Gangetic plains of N India from about Yamuna river valley, through Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, N Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, W Bengal, extending at least till C Assam, and W Meghalaya.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, USNM, YPM, LKO, BNHM
      Notes: Presence in Khasi hills (E Meghalaya) and E Assam not validated.
    • 1024c. Argya striata somervillei (Sykes, 1832) [HB#1263]
      Original Description: Timalia Somervillei Sykes, 1832 Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Part 2 p.88 (Ghats of the Deccan.)
      Taxonomy: Intergrades with malabaricus in Goa.
      Distribution: NW India from Surat Dangs, W Maharashtra, and Goa.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1860.4.16.42a (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, USNM, YPM
    • 1024d. Argya striata malabarica (Jerdon, 1845) [HB#1264]
      Original Description: Malacocircus malabaricus Jerdon, 1845 Illustrations of Indian ornithology, containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India pl.19 (text) (Kerala)
      Taxonomy: Intergrades with orientalis in the east of its range.
      Distribution: SW India from about Goa and NW Karnataka through Kerala and SW Tamil Nadu.
      Type Specimen: ZSI#35442 (Syntype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, AMNH, FMNH, YPM, TNHM, HYD, LKO
    • 1024e. Argya striata orientalis (Jerdon, 1845) [HB#1262 & 1264a]
      Original Description: M[alacocircus]. orientalis Jerdon, 1845 Illustrations of Indian ornithology, containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India pl.19 (text) (Horsleykonda [=Horsley hills], Andhra)
      Taxonomy: Includes orissae Jerdon 1847 of Odisha and NE Andhra.
      Distribution: Gujarat, C India including Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, S Deccan region through C and E Maharashtra, Telangana, locally in C and E Karnataka, Andhra, SE Ghats of Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu in the eastern slopes of W Ghats and SE Ghats.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1845.1.10.17 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, USNM, YPM
  
  
  • 1025. Common Babbler Argya caudata (Dumont, 1823)
    Alternative Names: Scrub Babbler
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1025a. Argya caudata caudata (Dumont, 1823) [HB#1254]
      Original Description: Cossyphus caudatus Dumont, 1823 Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes ...Par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi, et des principales écoles de Paris 29 p.268 (India)
      Distribution: Sub-Himalayan tracts of Kashmir, Jammu, extending through Punjab and adjoining Himachal, entire N India including Gangetic plains, Rajasthan (including Thar), Gujarat, C India, extending east till W Bengal, NW Odisha, NW Ghats, Deccan, E Ghats, E coastal plains, and sporadically along the eastern side of SW Ghats.
      Type Specimen: UMZC#27/Tim/42/e/7 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMZC, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, YPM, HYD, FTLB
      Notes: Report from Lakshadweep not evaluated.
    • 1025b. Argya caudata eclipes (Hume, 1877) [HB#1254]
      Original Description: Chatorhea eclipes Hume, 1877 Stray Feathers Vol. 5, N° 3 & 4 p.337-338
      Distribution: W Kashmir, W Jammu, and extreme E Punjab.
      Specimens: NHMUK
      Notes: When Abdulali & D'Cunha (1982, JBNHS 79 (1): 200) resurrected this subspecies, they did not find any specimens from India, boundary being Jhelum river, which clearly fixes the boundary of BNHS specimens as outside India. However, there is a specimen from Kashmir (#1886.10.1.8188) in NHMUK identified as this subspecies; and hence included here.
  
  
  • 1026. Striated Babbler Argya earlei (Blyth, 1844)
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1026a. Argya earlei sonivia Koelz, 1954 [HB#1255]
      Original Description: Argya earlei sonivia Koelz, 1954 Contributions from the Institute for Regional Exploration no.1 p.3
      Distribution: Indus plains of Jammu, Punjab, and adjoining lowland Himachal.
      Specimens: BNHS
      Notes: May occur in W Gujarat. A good specimen series (BHNS#15964–69) from Jagadhri, Haryana.
    • 1026b. Argya earlei earlei (Blyth, 1844) [HB#1256]
      Original Description: M[alacocercus]. Earlei Blyth, 1844 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 13 p.369 (Near Kolkata, W Bengal)
      Distribution: Gangetic plains from Haryana and Uttarakhand, Delhi region, adjoining Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, N Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, W Bengal, Brahmaputra plains of Assam, E Arunachal, Cachar, Manipur valley, and Tripura; also, locally in E Odisha.
      Type Specimen: ZSI#35440 (Syntype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, FMNH, YPM, BNHM
  
  
• Garrulax Lesson, 1831 Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.8 p.647 Garrulax belangeri Lesson, 1831; Type by subsequent designation (Gray, 1855, Catalogue of the genera and subgenera of birds contained in the British Museum, p.44)
  • 1027. Spot-breasted Laughingthrush Garrulax merulinus Blyth, 1851
    IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1027a. Garrulax merulinus merulinus Blyth, 1851 [HB#1304-1305]
      Original Description: Garrulax merulinus Blyth, 1851 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 20 p.521 (Cherrapunji, Khasi hills, Meghalaya)
      Taxonomy: Includes toxostomina Koelz 1952 from Karong, Manipur.
      Distribution: SE Arunachal (Walong region and Noa-Dihing valley), Nagaland, Meghalaya, Cachar, Manipur, and Mizoram.
      Type Specimen: ZSI#35451 (Syntype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, USNM, YPM
  
  
  • 1028. Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger (Hodgson, 1836)
    Alternative Names: Necklaced Laughingthrush
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1028a. Garrulax monileger monileger (Hodgson, 1836) [HB#1275]
      Original Description: Cinc[losoma]. Monilegera Hodgson, 1836 Asiatic Researches; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts and sciences, and literature of Asia 19 p.147
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, W and C Arunachal, W and C Assam, and all NE hill states.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, USNM, YPM
    • 1028b. Garrulax monileger badius Ripley, 1948 [HB#1276]
      Original Description: Garrulax moniliger badius Ripley, 1948 Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 61 (18) p.102 (Tezu, Mishmi hills)
      Distribution: E Arunachal (Mishmi hills, Lohit valley, and Namdapha) and adjoining E Assam.
      Type Specimen: USNM#390319 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, USNM
      Notes: Exact limits of the subspecies unclear.
  
  
  • 1029. White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus (Hardwicke, 1816)
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1029a. Garrulax leucolophus leucolophus (Hardwicke, 1816) [HB#1283]
      Original Description: Corvus leucolophus Hardwicke, 1816 Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1), 11 p.207 pl.15 (Mountains above Haridwar, Uttarakhand)
      Distribution: Kashmir (locally – Rajouri district), E Himachal (from about Shimla), Uttarakhand, N Bengal. Assam, and Arunachal – east till Mishmi hills and Lohit valley.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, LKO, BNHM
      Notes: Lohit valley birds tentatively included here.
    • 1029b. Garrulax leucolophus patkaicus Reichenow, 1913 [HB#1284]
      Original Description: G[arrulax]. patkaicus Reichenow, 1913 Journal für Ornithologie 61 p.557
      Taxonomy: Includes hardwickii Ticehurst 1926 from Naga hills.
      Distribution: SE Arunachal (Noa-Dihing valley), E Assam, C Assam hills south of Brahmaputra, and all NE hill states.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, USNM, YPM
  
  
• Ianthocincla Gould, 1835 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 3, no.27 p. 47 Cinclosoma ocellatum Vigors, 1831; Type by original designation
  • 1030. Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis Gould, 1835
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1030a. Ianthocincla rufogularis occidentalis Hartert, 1909 [HB#1292-1293]
      Original Description: Ianthocincla rufogularis occidentalis Hartert, 1909 Die Vögel der paläarktischen Fauna. Systematische Übersicht der in Europa, Nord-Asien und der Mittelmeerregion vorkommenden Vögel Band I Heft VI p.635 (Dehradun)
      Taxonomy: Includes grosvenori Ripley 1950 from Rekcha, Dailekh district, W Nepal.
      Distribution: Kashmir (Lolab valley, historical), E Himachal from Shimla onwards, till Uttarakhand.
      Type Specimen: AMNH#586410 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, AMNH, FMNH, USNM, LKO
    • 1030b. Ianthocincla rufogularis rufogularis Gould, 1835 [HB#1294]
      Original Description: Ianthocincla rufogularis Gould, 1835 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 3, no.27 p.48 (Sikkim)
      Taxonomy: Mishmi hills birds assumed to be this taxon.
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, Assam (locally – e.g., Manas), W Arunachal (Dafla hills), C Arunachal (Miri hills, historical), and E Arunachal (Mishmi hills).
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1838.5.12.107 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, MCZ, ROM, YPM, BNHM
    • 1030c. Ianthocincla rufogularis assamensis Hartert, 1909 [HB#1296]
      Original Description: Ianthocincla rufogularis assamensis Hartert, 1909 Die Vögel der paläarktischen Fauna. Systematische Übersicht der in Europa, Nord-Asien und der Mittelmeerregion vorkommenden Vögel Band I Heft VI p.635 (Margherita, Assam)
      Distribution: E Assam (Margherita), Cachar, and Manipur.
      Type Specimen: AMNH#586407 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, AMNH, FMNH
    • 1030d. Ianthocincla rufogularis rufitincta Koelz, 1952 [HB#1295]
      Original Description: Ianthocincla rufogularis rufitincta Koelz, 1952 Journal of the Zoological Society of India 4 (1) p.37 (Pynursla, Khasi hills, Meghalaya)
      Taxonomy: The entire Koelz collection from the type locality is in UMMZ and hence so would be the type specimen. Exact holotype number not obtained.
      Distribution: Meghalaya (Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia hills).
      Specimens: NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH
    • 1030e. Ianthocincla rufogularis rufiberbis Koelz, 1954 [HB#1295a]
      Original Description: Ianthocincla rufogularis rufiberbis Koelz, 1954 Contributions from the Institute for Regional Exploration no.1 p.3
      Taxonomy: Sometimes (e.g., RA2012) included within assamensis Hartert 1909.
      Distribution: SE Arunachal (Namdapha), Patkai hills, and E Nagaland.
      Specimens: USNM
      Notes: Namdapha birds listed here as USNM#585892 is from Miao.
  
  
  • 1031. Moustached Laughingthrush Ianthocincla cineracea (Godwin-Austen, 1874)
    Alternative Names: Ashy Laughingthrush; Western Moustached Laughingthrush I. cineracea sensu stricto
    IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-I.
    • 1031a. Ianthocincla cineracea cineracea (Godwin-Austen, 1874) [HB#1291]
      Original Description: Trochalopteron cineraceum Godwin-Austen, 1874 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 p.45 pl.11 (Manipur valley)
      Distribution: Nagaland, Manipur, and Mizoram.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1895.7.14.2249 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, YPM
      Notes: Listed for Meghalaya and Cachar (AR2001), but not verified here.
  
  
  • 1032. Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata (Vigors, 1831)
    Alternative Names: White-spotted Laughingthrush
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1032a. Ianthocincla ocellata griseicauda (Koelz, 1950) [HB#1298]
      Original Description: Garrulax ocellatus griseicauda Koelz, 1950 American Museum Novitates no.1452 p.7-8 (Wan, Garhwal, Uttarakhand)
      Distribution: N Uttarakhand – from Chopta till Nepal border.
      Type Specimen: AMNH#803070 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, AMNH, FMNH
    • 1032b. Ianthocincla ocellata ocellata (Vigors, 1831) [HB#1299]
      Original Description: Cinclosoma ocellatum Vigors, 1831 Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 no.5 p.55,56 (Himalaya Mts.)
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, and Arunachal (Dafla hills in the west and Mishmi hills in the east).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, RBINS, FMNH
      Notes: Possibly more populations exist in Arunachal (Upper Subansiri mentioned in AR2001); Mishmi population tentatively included here.
  
  
• Pterorhinus Swinhoe, 1868 Ibis 1868. p. 60. Pterorhinus davidi Swinhoe, 1868; Type by original designation and monotypy
  • 1033. Wayanad Laughingthrush Pterorhinus delesserti (Jerdon, 1839) [HB#1287]
    Original Description: C[rateropus]. Delesserti Jerdon, 1839 Madras Journal of Literature and Science 10 p.256 (Kotagiri, Nilgiri hills, Tamil Nadu)
    Alternative Names: Wynaad Laughingthrush
    Distribution: CW Ghats from N Karnataka and S Goa, locally in the ghats of C Karnataka, and throughout SW Ghats from Kodagu onwards south till Kalakkad; east till Palani hills and Nilgiris and not further into SE Ghats.
    Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, AMNH, FMNH, TNHM, MYS, LKO
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Endemic: Western Ghats.
  
  
  • 1034. Rufous-vented Laughingthrush Pterorhinus gularis (McClelland, 1840) [HB#1288]
    Original Description: Ianthocincla gularis McClelland, 1840 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt7 no.82 p.159 (Cachar, Assam)
    Taxonomy: Includes gratior Koelz 1954 from Sangau, Mizo hills.
    Alternative Names: Yellow-breasted Laughingthrush
    Distribution: Lowland W Arunachal, E Assam and adjoining E Arunachal, E Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Mizoram.
    Type Specimen: NHMUK#1880.1.1.4366 (Holotype).
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, USNM, YPM
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: High. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Notes: Manipur (AR2001) distribution not verified.
  
  
  • 1035. Yellow-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus galbanus (Godwin-Austen, 1874) [HB#1286]
    Original Description: Garrulax galbanus Godwin-Austen, 1874 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 p.44 pl.10 (Manipur)
    Taxonomy: Includes galbanatus Koelz 1954 from Blue Mountain, Mizoram.
    Distribution: Nagaland, Manipur, and Mizoram.
    Type Specimen: NHMUK#1895.7.14.2216 (Holotype).
    Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, USNM
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Notes: Reports from Cachar (AR2001) not investigated.
  
  
  • 1036. Rufous-necked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus ruficollis (Jardine & Selby, 1838) [HB#1303]
    Original Description: Ianthocincla ruficollis Jardine & Selby, 1838 Illustrations of ornithology. New Series n.s., pt4 pl.21, text (Himalaya)
    Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal (mostly east), and all NE hill states.
    Type Specimen: NHMUK#1886.6.24.187 (Holotype).
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, TNHM, BNHM
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
  
  
  • 1037. Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus nuchalis (Godwin-Austen, 1876) [HB#1285]
    Original Description: Garrulax nuchalis Godwin-Austen, 1876 The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (4), 18 p.411 (Lhota, Naga hills [= Wokha district, Nagaland])
    Distribution: E Assam, adjoining SE Arunachal, and Nagaland (locally).
    Type Specimen: NHMUK#1895.7.14.1920 (Holotype).
    Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, AMNH
    IUCN: Near Threatened. SoIB: High. WLPA: Schedule-I.
    Endemic: Northern Myanmar lowlands.
    Notes: Manipur (AR2001) distribution not investigated.
  
  
  • 1038. White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio (Swinhoe, 1867)
    Original Description: Garrulax sannio Swinhoe, 1867 Ibis p.403
    IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1038a. Pterorhinus sannio albosuperciliaris (Godwin-Austen, 1874) [HB#1306]
      Original Description: Garrulax albo-superciliaris Godwin-Austen, 1874 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 p.45 (Near Kaibi, Manipur)
      Distribution: Nagaland and Manipur.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1895.7.14.2257 (Holotype).
      Specimens: NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, YPM
      Notes: Cachar reports not verified. Has also been sight reported from Meghalaya and Mizoram but better documentation is desirable.
  
  
  • 1039. Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Pterorhinus pectoralis (Gould, 1836)
    Alternative Names: Black-gorgeted Laughingthrush
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1039a. Pterorhinus pectoralis pectoralis (Gould, 1836) [HB#1277-1278]
      Original Description: Ianthocincla pectoralis Gould, 1836 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 3, no.36 p.186
      Taxonomy: Included here are uropygialis Bonaparte 1850 from Assam and waddelli Ogilvie-Grant 1894 from Rungeet (Rangit) river, Sikkim. The population in India, or sometimes only of NE hill states, assigned to melanotis Blyth 1843 of Arakan, Myanmar. However, its validity doubtful as the differences are mainly individual variations (RA2012). Regional population treated here as a single subspecies.
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal, Assam, and all NE hill states.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, YPM, LKO, BNHM
  
  
  • 1040. Mount Victoria Babax Pterorhinus woodi (Finn, 1902) [HB#1270]
    Original Description: Babax woodi Finn, 1902 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol. 71, Part 2, N° 3 p.125 (in text), pl. VII
    Taxonomy: Includes oribata Koelz 1954 from Blue Mountain, Mizoram (UMMZ#149506–510).
    Alternative Names: Chinese Babax (with G. lanceolatus EL)
    Distribution: Phawngpui in Mizoram only.
    Specimens: UMMZ
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: High. WLPA: Schedule-II.
  
  
  • 1041. White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis (Gould, 1836)
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1041a. Pterorhinus albogularis whistleri (Baker, 1921) [HB#1273]
      Original Description: Garrulax albogularis whistleri Baker, 1921 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 42 p.29 (Shimla)
      Distribution: Kashmir, Himachal, and Uttarakhand.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1886.10.1.3841 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM
    • 1041b. Pterorhinus albogularis albogularis (Gould, 1836) [HB#1274]
      Original Description: Ianthocincla albogularis Gould, 1836 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 3, no.36 p.187
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, and W Arunachal (east till about Tenga).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, YPM
      Notes: Records from Cachar unverified.
  
  
  • 1042. Grey-sided Laughingthrush Pterorhinus caerulatus (Hodgson, 1836)
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-I.
    • 1042a. Pterorhinus caerulatus caerulatus (Hodgson, 1836) [HB#1300]
      Original Description: Cinc[losoma]. Caerulatus Hodgson, 1836 Asiatic Researches; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts and sciences, and literature of Asia 19 p.147
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, and Arunachal till about Mishmi hills and Lohit valley.
      Specimens: BNHS, FMNH, BNHM
    • 1042b. Pterorhinus caerulatus subcaerulatus (Hume, 1878) [HB#1301]
      Original Description: Garrulax subcaerulatus Hume, 1878 Stray Feathers Vol. 7, N° 1 & 2 p.140-141 (Near Shillong, Khasi hills, Meghalaya)
      Distribution: Khasi hills (Meghalaya).
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1886.10.1.4186 (Syntype).
      Specimens: NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH
      Notes: No recent reports.
    • 1042c. Pterorhinus caerulatus livingstoni (Ripley, 1952) [HB#1302]
      Original Description: Garrulax caerulatus livingstoni Ripley, 1952 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 50 p.497 (Mount Japvo, Naga hills)
      Taxonomy: Includes biswasi Koelz 1953 from Kohima, Nagaland.
      Distribution: SE Arunachal (Noa-Dihing valley), Nagaland, and Manipur.
      Type Specimen: YPM#12961 (Holotype).
      Specimens: ZSI, UMMZ, ROM, USNM, YPM