
Photo: (c) WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0
Garrulax canorus
Range
Eastern Asia, with mainland and Hainan populations
The Chinese hwamei is an East Asian laughingthrush distinguished by the conspicuous pale marking around its eye. Its name derives from the Chinese huà méi, meaning “painted eyebrow.” The species is also called the melodious laughingthrush, reflecting its elaborate song. The opened account recognizes one mainland subspecies and another restricted to Hainan. The type locality of the species has been restricted to Xiamen in Fujian, China. (Wikipedia, general species account)