Wildlife of Lao PDR: 1999 Status Report - IUCN

Timalia pileata Chestnut-capped Babbler. Resident;
north B9 , centre, south B2 . Dense tall grass, scrub, bamboo,
thickets and secondary growth; up to at least 1480 m.
Chrysomma sinense Yellow-eyed Babbler. Resident; north B9 ,
centre (historically B22 ), south (historically B19 ). Dense stands
of grass, scrub and other vegetation up to at least 1200 m.
Records prior to 1996 were reviewed by Duckworth et al.
(1998a). The few recent records may largely reflect restricted
survey effort in the species’s usual habitats.
Leiothrix argentauris Silver-eared Mesia. Resident; north,
centre B10 , south B2 . Evergreen forest, mature secondary growth
and forest edge, generally above 900 m. Special Significance:
CITES Appendix II. (Plate 12)
Cutia nipalensis Cutia. Resident; north (historically B21 ),
centre B10 , south B3 . Evergreen forest above 1500 m.
Pteruthius flaviscapis White-browed Shrike Babbler. Resident;
north, centre B10 , south B2 . Evergreen and mixed deciduous
forest, usually above 900 m, locally down to 700 m.
Pteruthius melanotis Black-eared Shrike Babbler. Resident;
north B4 , centre B10 , south B9 . Evergreen forest and forest edge
above 1050 m.
Pteruthius aenobarbus Chestnut-fronted Shrike Babbler.
Resident; north, centre B10 , south B2 . Evergreen forest and forest
edge above 900 m, locally down to 700 m.
Gampsorhynchus rufulus White-hooded Babbler. Resident;
north B1 , centre B10 , south B2 . Evergreen forest, bamboo stands
and dense secondary growth at 500-1350 m, locally down to
200 m.
Actinodura ramsayi Spectacled Barwing. Resident; north B13 ,
centre B10 . Montane evergreen forest, scrub, secondary growth;
above 1200 m.
• Actinodura sodangorum Black-crowned Barwing. Conservation
Significance: Little Known in Lao PDR; endemic
to a small area of south-east Lao PDR and central Vietnam.
Documented Range and Habitat: Resident; south B12 . At the
only known Lao site, birds live in damp tall dense grass and
scrub at 1140 m. Status Information: A small population of
this newly discovered species (Eames et al. 1999) was found
on the Dakchung Plateau in late 1997 (Showler et al. 1998a).
Pending further information on range and habitat use, this
species should be considered Little Known in Lao PDR.
Minla cyanouroptera Blue-winged Minla. Resident; north,
centre B10 , south B2 . Evergreen forest and tall secondary growth,
usually above 900 m.
Birds
Minla strigula Chestnut-tailed Minla. Resident; north B8 ,
centre B10 . Evergreen forest and adjacent scrub above 1750
m. Records prior to 1997 were reviewed by Thewlis et al.
(1998). In view of the species’s apparently secure status (common
in Nakai-Nam Theun NBCA above 1750 m) and the
low likelihood of it being at elevated risk, it was dropped
from the recommended list of key species. It has subsequently
been found to be common above 1900 m in Phou Louey
NBCA (Davidson 1998).
Minla ignotincta Red-tailed Minla. Resident; north B8 ,
centre B10 , south B3 . Evergreen forest and secondary growth
above 1100 m. First recorded for Lao PDR in 1994 (Evans
and Timmins 1998).
• Alcippe cinerea Yellow-throated Fulvetta. Conservation
Significance: Globally Near-Threatened; Little Known in Lao
PDR. Documented Range and Habitat: Resident; north
(historically B21 ). Understorey of montane evergreen forest.
Status Information: The species is known in Lao PDR from
only two sites in Xiangkhouang Province, at one of which it
was abundant (David-Beaulieu 1944). Since the text for
Thewlis et al. (1998) was finalised, several areas of potentially
suitable montane forest in north Lao PDR have been
surveyed and the species has still not been found.
Alcippe castaneceps Rufous-winged Fulvetta. Resident;
north B4 , centre B10 , south B2 . Evergreen forest and secondary
growth above 1100 m.
• Alcippe ruficapilla Spectacled Fulvetta. Conservation Significance:
Globally Near-Threatened; endemic to south-west
China, Lao PDR and Vietnam. Not At Risk in Lao PDR.
Documented Range and Habitat: Resident; north
(historically B21 ), centre, south B14 . Evergreen forest above 1800
m. Status Information: Records prior to 1997 were reviewed
by Thewlis et al. (1998). Historical records come from two
sites in Xiangkhouang Province (David-Beaulieu 1944), and
recently the species was found to be common on Phou Ahyon
and to occur in Nakai-Nam Theun NBCA. The form concerned
is probably better regarded as a separate species,
A. danisi Indochinese Fulvetta (C. R. Robson in litt. 1998)
which is endemic to Lao PDR and Vietnam and includes the
recently described race A. r. bidoupensis Eames, Robson and
Nguyen Cu, 1994.
• Alcippe rufogularis Rufous-throated Fulvetta. Conservation
Significance: Globally Near-Threatened. Not At Risk in
Lao PDR. Documented Range and Habitat: Resident; north,
centre B14 . Damp gullies and ravines in little-degraded evergreen
forest at 200-800 m in central Lao PDR; wide variety
of forest types and secondary growth in the north up to at
least 1000 m. Status Information: Records prior to 1997 were
reviewed by Thewlis et al. (1998). The species has been found
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