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Photo by James Eaton
Balang Shan, Sichuan, China, June 2007
Grandala coelicolor

Identification

19–23 cm

Distribution

Asia: found from Kashmir to south-eastern Tibet, Myanmar and western China

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Placed in family Turdidae by some authorities[2].

Habitat

Alpine meadows.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of insects and berries, also autumnal fruit from orchards.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)

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