- Garrulax lugubris
Identification
Dull blackslate plumage with patch of bare blue skin around the eye together with orange bill diagnostic. Size-27cm.
Distribution
Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo.
Taxonomy
Clements accepts two subspecies:
- G. l. lugubris on the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra
- G. l. calvus on Borneo
The second is sometimes accepted as full species, Bare-headed Laughingthrush (Garrulax calvus).
Habitat
Forest and forest edges.
Behaviour
Moves around in small noisy groups. Keeps mostly to thick cover, does not engage in long laborious flight, preferring to glide from place to place.
