The scarlet-faced liocichla (''Liocichla ripponi'') is a

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in the family

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. The species was recently reclassified as separate from the

red-faced liocichla The red-faced liocichla (''Liocichla phoenicea'') is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. Distribution and habitat ''L. phoenicea'' is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Northeast India, Nepal and western Yunnan Yunnan , ...

, although some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific. It is found in

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

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Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it ...

, and southern China.

References

*Collar, N. J. & Robson C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 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. {{Taxonbar, from=Q1923725 scarlet-faced liocichla Birds of Myanmar Birds of Thailand Birds of Laos Birds of Vietnam Birds of South China Birds of Yunnan scarlet-faced liocichla scarlet-faced liocichla