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'''Alternative name: Grey-breasted Laughingthrush (with ''jerdoni''); White-breasted Laughingthrush''' | '''Alternative name: Grey-breasted Laughingthrush (with ''jerdoni''); White-breasted Laughingthrush''' | ||
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Revision as of 12:44, 18 September 2013
Alternative name: Grey-breasted Laughingthrush (with jerdoni); White-breasted Laughingthrush
- Trochalopteron fairbanki
Identification
20.5cm. A small laughingthrush.
- Dull olive-brown above
- Greyish-brown crown
- Narrow brown eye-stripe
- White supercilium
- Greyish cheek, upper breast and throat
- Rusty-chestnut flanks and vent
- jerdoni with black throat
Distribution
Asia: Endemic to southwest India. Found in the Nilgiri-Hills in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Restricted-range species, fairly easy to see in certain places like Munnar.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
- T. f. fairbanki:
- Southern India (Palni and Anaimalai hills and northern Kerala)
- T. f. meridionalis:
- Hill forests of south-western India (southern Kerala)
Some authorities place jerdoni of Black-chinned Laughingthrush within this species.
Has also variously been placed in genus Strophocincla and formerly Garrulax.
Habitat
Scrub and secondary forest, thickets along streams in tea and cardamon plantations, sometimes gardens, edges of broadleaf forest. Recorded at 800 - 2135m.
Behaviour
Feeds on insects, berries and fruit.
Forages in undergrowth and low bushes, usually in groups of 6 to 14 birds, sometimes more.
Breeding season from December to June. The nest is a cup made of coarse grasses, moss and bracken leaves. It's placed in a bush or among tall brackens up to 3m high. Lays 2 eggs.
Resident species.
References
- 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/
- Avibase
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422
- Rasmussen, PC and JC Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334672
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Palani Laughingthrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Palani_Laughingthrush
