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Cheng, T. and Tang, R. 1982. A new subspecies of Garrulax galbanus from Yunnan, China - Garrulax galbanus simaoensis. Sinozoologica 2: 1-2.
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Collar, N., Robson, C. & Sharpe, C.J. 2016. Blue-crowned Laughingthrush (Dryonastes courtoisi). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (ed.), Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Collar, N.J.; Butchart, S.H.M. 2013. Conservation breeding and avian diversity: chances and challenges. International Zoo Yearbook 48(1): 7-28.
Collar, N.J.; Gardner, L.; Jeggo, D.F.; Marcordes, B.; Owen, A.; Pagel, T.; Vaidl, A.; Wilkinson, R.; Wirth, R. 2012. Conservation breeding and the most threatened birds in Asia. BirdingASIA 18: 50-57.
Hong Kong BIrd Watching Society. 2011. Conservation of Blue-crowned Laughingthrush Garrulax courtoisi in Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province School Education Project in Wuyuan Final report. Hong Kong.
Richardson, M. 2005. China trip 2005: the Chinese Yellow-throated Laughingthrush, Garrulax galbanus courtesi and simaoensis.
Wilkinson, R., He Fen-qi, Gardner, L. and Wirth, R. 2004. A highly threatened bird - Chinese Yellow-throated Laughing thrushes in China and in zoos. International Zoo News 51: 456-469.
Wilkinson, R.; Gardner, L. 2011. No laughing matter. Zooquaria: 12-13.
Wilkinson, R.; He Fen-Qi. 2010. Conservation of Blue-crowned Laughing-thrush Garrulax courtoisi in Wuyuan, Jiangxi, and the search for 'lost' populations in Yunnan and Guanxi, China. BirdingASIA 13: 100-105.
Wilkinson, R.; He Fen-qi. 2010. Le garrulaxe de Courtois: conservation in situ. CEPA Magazine: 12-17.
Wilkinson, R.; He Fen-Qi. 2010. Yellow-throated Laughingthrush Garrulax galbanus and Blue-crowned Laughingthrush G. courtoisi - new observations and interpretations on their taxonomy. BirdingASIA: 73-82.
Yu Yattung. 2003. Hong Kong Birdwatching Society, Hong Kong, China.
Yuan-hua H; Fen-qi H; Worth R; Melville D; Zheng p; Xia-zhi W; Gui-fu W; Zhi-yong L. 2003. Little-known oriental bird: Courtois's Laughingthrush Garrulax galbanus courtoisi. Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 38: 35 - 40.
Zhang, W., J. Shi, H. Huang, and T. Liu. 2017. The impact of disturbance from photographers on the Blue-crowned Laughingthrush (Garrulax courtoisi). Avian Conservation and Ecology 12(1): 15.
IUCN SSC Asian Songbird Trade Specialist Group
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Blue-crowned Laughingthrush Pterorhinus courtoisi. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/blue-crowned-laughingthrush-pterorhinus-courtoisi on 26/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 26/11/2024.