Wildlife of Lao PDR: 1999 Status Report - IUCN

deciduous forest, dry dipterocarp forest and open degraded
habitats; lowlands and foothills.
Chloropsis hardwickii Orange-bellied Leafbird. Resident;
north, centre B10 , south B5 . Hill evergreen forest and forest edge,
generally above 600 m; locally down to 400 m.
Laniidae: Shrikes (5 species)
Lanius tigrinus Tiger Shrike. Passage migrant; north (historically,
Delacour and Jabouille 1940). Secondary growth,
open forests and edge. Although Delacour and Jabouille
(1940) is primarily a secondary source, they specifically note
that H. G. Deignan obtained this species near the Mekong in
north Lao PDR.
Lanius cristatus Brown Shrike. Winter visitor; north, centre,
south B2 . Scrub and bushes amid open country, forest edge,
secondary growth, gardens. Mainly lowlands and foothills,
on plateaux to at least 1200 m.
Lanius collurioides Burmese Shrike. Resident, perhaps also
migrant; north B1 , centre B9 , south B2 . Open deciduous forest,
including dry dipterocarp forest, pine forest, cultivation; up
to 1250 m.
Lanius schach Long-tailed Shrike. Resident; north B2 ,
centre B10 , south B2 . Scrub and bushes amid open country, secondary
growth and cultivation, up to at least 1600 m.
Lanius tephronotus Grey-backed Shrike. Winter visitor;
north B1 , centre B10 , south B5 . Scrub, bushes amid cultivation
and other open secondary habitats, up to at least 1600 m.
Corvidae: Whistlers, jays, magpies, crows, woodswallows,
orioles, cuckooshrikes, minivets, flycatcher-shrikes, fantails,
drongos, monarchs, paradise-flycatchers, ioras,
woodshrikes (47 species)
Pachycephala grisola (= P. cinerea, ^K) Mangrove Whistler.
Resident; south B11 . Low-moderate stature dry evergreen forest
of extreme lowlands. First recorded in Lao PDR in 1998,
in Dong Khanthung PNBCA (Round 1998).
Garrulus glandarius Eurasian Jay. Resident; centre, south B2 .
Dry dipterocarp, open deciduous and pine forests, of lowlands,
foothills and plateaux.
Urocissa erythrorhyncha Red-billed Blue Magpie (= Blue
Magpie, ^K, ^Sm, ^T). Resident; north B9 , centre, south B2 .
Forests, especially open mixed deciduous, and secondary
growth; mostly below 600 m.
Birds
• Urocissa whiteheadi White-winged Magpie. Conservation
Significance: Globally Near-Threatened; Potentially At Risk
in Lao PDR; endemic to Lao PDR, Vietnam and southern
China. Documented Range and Habitat: Resident; north,
centre B14 . Broad-leaved evergreen, pine and mixed deciduous
forests, particularly at streamsides and other gaps, and
secondary growth; from 200 m up to at least 1080 m. Status
Information: Records prior to 1997 were reviewed by Thewlis
et al. (1998). The species is very local in Lao PDR. Records
come from only four recent survey areas (Table 11), all in
the north and central Annamites. (Plate 12)
Cissa chinensis Common Green Magpie (= Green Magpie,
^K, ^Sm, ^T). Resident; north B1 , centre, south B2 . Evergreen
forests and tall secondary regrowth, occasionally mixed
deciduous forest; lowlands to at least 1700 m.
• Cissa hypoleuca Indochinese Green Magpie (= Yellowbreasted
Magpie, ^Sm 2 ; = Eastern Green Magpie, ^T);
(included in Cissa thalassina Short-tailed Magpie by ^K,
^Sm 1 ). Conservation Significance: Globally Near-Threatened;
Potentially At Risk in Lao PDR; endemic to Indochina,
south-east Thailand and southern China. Documented Range
and Habitat: Resident; north, centre B7 , south B2 . Evergreen
and occasionally mixed deciduous forest, largely restricted
to semi-evergreen forest with localised bamboo patches in
the extreme lowlands in south, but occurring in evergreen
forest up to at least 750 m in the Annamites. Status Information:
Records prior to 1997 were reviewed by Thewlis et al.
(1998). The sole historical record comes from the slopes of
the Bolaven Plateau (Engelbach 1932). All records prior to
1997 came from lowland Champasak and Attapu Provinces.
It has since been discovered in three survey areas in central
and north Lao PDR (Nam Theun Extension PNBCA, Nakai-
Nam Theun and Hin Namno NBCAs), although at lower densities
than in Xe Pian NBCA. In at least Nam Theun Extension
PNBCA, it occurs in the same forests as C. chinensis.
Dendrocitta vagabunda Rufous Treepie. Resident; centre
(historically B22 ), south B2 . Open deciduous forests, especially
dry dipterocarp; lowlands.
Dendrocitta formosae Grey Treepie. Resident; north B4 ,
centre B10 . Evergreen forest and adjacent secondary growth
in a mosaic with more open areas, generally above 700 m,
locally down to 520 m.
Crypsirina temia Racket-tailed Treepie. Resident; north B1 ,
centre, south B2 . Open country, scrub, secondary growth, cultivation,
streamsides through dry dipterocarp forest, also open
mixed deciduous and semi-evergreen forest; usually below 750 m.
Temnurus temnurus Ratchet-tailed Treepie. Resident; north,
centre B14 . Evergreen forest at 200-1200 m. Records prior to
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