Garrulax perspicillatus

Basic information
Scientific name	Garrulax perspicillatus	Click to magnify
Common names	Masked laughing thrush
Higher taxon	Sylviidae, Passeriformes, Aves
Natural range	C to S continental China, and N Vietnam.
Habitat	Moderate altitude montane area, lowland shrub, around farm area, etc.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Iwate, Gumma, Saitama, Tokyo, and Kanagawa Prefs.
Origin	Unknown.
Date	The first record of voice of this species was in 1980, at Kanagawa Pref. The first record of visual observation was in 1988, at Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Pref.
Route	Deliberate: Escape or release of pet animal.
Impact	Potentially: Competition with native birds. Damage on agriculture. Bird reduction in Hawaii may occur by impact of establishment of this species. Native organism(s) affected: Native birds, crops.
Regulation in Japan	Import, transport and keeping are prohibited by the Invasive Alien Species Act.
Introduced range in other countries	Central Pacific Ocean

Reference

Notes

DECO (ed) (2006) Dictionary of Alien Species. Tokyo-Shoseki, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Eguchi & Amano (2000) Problems of introductions and naturalizations in birds. Jpn J Conserv Ecol. 5, 131-148 (in Jpn)
Eguchi & Amano (2004) Spread of exotic birds in Japan. Ornithol Sci. 3, 3-12.
Eguchi & Fujimaki (eds) (2000) Check-List of Japanese Birds Sixth Revised Edition. The Ornithological Society of Japan, Tokyo (in Jpn)
JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Kawakami & Kanouchi (2012) The Handbook of Introduced Birds in Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Lepage (ed) (2003-2012) Avibase – the world bird database (Accessed on 2012-6-11) http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/
Ministry of the Environment, Japan. The Invasive Alien Species Act (Accessed on 2012-12-21) http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/as.html
etc.