Silver-eared Mesia

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes and allies)

Silver-eared Mesia

Leiothrix argentauris

银耳相思鸟 (yín-ěr xiāng-sī-niǎo)

    Malay : Kekicau Telinga Perak

    Japanese : ゴシキソウシチョウ (go-shiki sōshi-chō)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 五色相思鳥

    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.

Leiothrix argentauris ssp. tahanensis
Date : 19 September 2020
Location : Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Leiothrix argentauris ssp. tahanensis

Date : 26 December 2016
Location : Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Leiothrix argentauris ssp. tahanensis
Date : 20 August 2014
Location : Kek Lok Tong, Ipoh, Kinta, Perak

Leiothrix argentauris ssp. tahanensis
Date : 10 March 2013
Location : Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang