红头噪鹛一新亚种描记(雀形目：weng科：画眉亚科)

A New Subspecies of Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush (Garrulax erythro cephalus)(Passeriformes:Muscicapidae:Timaliinae)

摘要: 红头噪鹛(Garrulax erythrocephalus)全世界有14个亚种，中国有5个亚种，云南原记录有3个亚种。采自云南近中部哀牢山脉景东、双柏、新平等县境内的红头噪鹛7号成鸟标本与记录的各亚种有显著区别，并且有一定范围的地理分布区域。因而鉴定为一新亚种，命名为红头噪鹛哀牢山亚种(Garrulax erythrocephalus ailaoshanensis)。

Abstract: There are 14 subspecies in the world (Mayr & Paaynter,1964;Howard & Moore,1980),5 subspecies recorded in China (Cheng,1987,1994;MacKinnon et al.,2000),3 subspecies recorded in Yunnan Province.Seven adult specimens of Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush collected from the Ailaoshan Mountain region in Jindong,Shuanbai,and Xinping et al.counties of Yunnan,were discovered to have essential differences from all other recorded subspecies of Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush and distribute in certain specific areaTherefore,they are identified as a new subspecies and named as:The Ailaoshan subspecies of Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Garrulax erythr ocephalus ailaoshanensis subsp.nov.