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Chinese hwamei
The Chinese hwamei or melodious laughingthrush (''Garrulax canorus'') is a passerine bird of eastern Asia in the Leiothrichidae family. The name "hwamei" comes from the Chinese 画眉 (huà-méi) and means "painted eyebrow"〔(Glossary of Bird Species in Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese: Garrulacinae ) Retrieved 16/07/07.〕 referring to the distinctive marking around the bird's eyes. The species is a popular cagebird because of its attractive song.
==Taxonomy==
It has two subspecies: ''G. c. canorus'', native to mainland Asia, and ''G. c. owstoni'' of Hainan Island. The Taiwan hwamei (''Leucodioptron taewanum'') was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Chinese hwamei but has recently been split as a separate species. Based on a study of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene, Li ''et al.'' (2006) suggested that the two species diverged about 1.5 million years ago with the two Chinese hwamei subspecies diverging about 600,000 years ago.〔Shou-Hsien Li, Jing-Wen Li, Lian-Xian Han, Cheng-Te Yao, Haitao Shi, Fu-Min Lei, Chungwei Yen (2006) "Species delimitation in the Hwamei ''Garrulax canorus''", ''Ibis'' 148 (4): 698–706. 〕 The two were formerly placed in the genus ''Garrulax'' with the other laughingthrushes but have recently been moved to a new genus ''Leucodioptron''.
The Chinese hwamei was introduced to Taiwan in large numbers in the 1980s and hybridization with the native Taiwan hwamei is occurring which may threaten the genetic uniqueness of the latter form.〔(Birding in Taiwan - Hwamei ) Retrieved 16/07/07.〕
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