Garrulax sannio

Basic information
Scientific name	Garrulax sannio	Click to magnify
Common names	White-browed laughing thrush
Higher taxon	Sylviidae, Passeriformes, Aves
Natural range	East Asia, Southeast Asia.
Habitat	Edge of forest, forest, park, shrub, urban area.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Northern Kanto District to Chiba Pref.
Origin	Unknown.
Date	The first record was in 1994 at Mt. Akagi in Gumma Pref.
Route	Deliberate: Escape or release of pet.
Impact	Potentialy: Competition against native species. Native organism(s) affected: Native birds in similar habitat, such as thrush and muscicapid birds.
Regulation in Japan	Import, transport and keeping are prohibited in Japan by the Invasive Alien Species Act.
Introduced range in other countries	No

Reference

Notes

JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha. (in Jpn)
DECO (ed) (2006) Dictionary of Alien Species. Tokyo-Shoseki. (in Jpn)
Eguchi & Amano (2004) Spread of exotic birds in Japan. Ornithological Science. 3:3-12
Eguchi & Amano (2004) Invasive birds in Japan. Global Environmental Research. 8(1):29-39
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/
Tojo et al. (2004) Invasion by White-browed Laughing Thrushes (Garrulax sannio) into Central Japan. Global Environmental Research. 8(1):23-28
etc.