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The silver-eared mesia (''Leiothrix argentauris'') is a species of bird from South East Asia. ==Taxonomy and distribution== The species was once placed in the large Old World babbler family Timaliidae, but that family has recently been split with this species being placed with the laughingthrushes in the new family Leiothrichidae. The species is sometimes placed in its own genus ''Mesia'', or in the genus ''Leiothrix'' with the red-billed leiothrix. There are seven described subspecies, with considerable variation in plumage between them. Further research is needed to establish if this represents a single species or not.〔Collar, N. J. & Robson C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) Pp. 269 – 270 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'', Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.〕 The subspecies and their distributions are: *''M argentauris argentauris'' (Hodgson, 1837) - Northern and eastern India, Bhutan, northern Burma and southern China. *''M argentauris galbana'' (Mayr & Greenway, 1938) - Southern Burma and northern Thailand *''M argentauris ricketti'' (La Touche, 1923) - China (Yunnan, Guixhou & Guangxi), and northern Laos and Vietnam. *''M argentauris cunhaci'' (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) - Southern Laos & Vietnam, Cambodia. *''M argentauris tahanensis'' (Yen Kwokyung, 1934) - Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia. *''M argentauris rookmakeri'' (Junge, 1948) - Northern Sumatra. *''M argentauris laurinae'' (Salvadori, 1879) - Southern Sumatra. The species is generally resident although it has been reported as a winter migrant to Nameri National Park in Assam, India, which implies that the species may be an altitudinal migrant.〔 The species has been introduced to Hong Kong from captive stock derived from caged birds. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Silver-eared mesia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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