CHESNUT
CROWNED LAUGHING THRUSH.......the Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush
(Garrulax erythrocephalus) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family.
It is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal.
This species is sometimes placed in the genus Trochalopteron.
24 - 26cm. A medium-sized, variable laughingthrush. Brownish plumage.
Brilliant green-gold panels on winges and sides of tail. Heavy black spots on upper mantle and scales on breast. Chestnut forehead and nape. Blackish lores and throat. Dark eye.Nigrimentum with slate-grey crown and grey cheek.
Understorey and bamboo in broadleaf evergreen forest. Also in mixed forest, secondary growth and rhododendron scrub. Found at 1000m to 3400m.
Feeds on inscects, berries, seeds and other vegetable matter.
Forages on or close to the ground in pairs or small groups, sometimes together with other laughingthrushes.
Breeding season differs throughout range. The nest is a deep cup made of dead leaves, dry grasses, moss and other dead vegetation. It's placed in a small tree, bush, sapling or hanging lianas. Lays 1 - 4 eggs.
Resident species with some altitudinal movement in the Himalayas.[INFO:WIKIPEDIA]
This species is sometimes placed in the genus Trochalopteron.
24 - 26cm. A medium-sized, variable laughingthrush. Brownish plumage.
Brilliant green-gold panels on winges and sides of tail. Heavy black spots on upper mantle and scales on breast. Chestnut forehead and nape. Blackish lores and throat. Dark eye.Nigrimentum with slate-grey crown and grey cheek.
Understorey and bamboo in broadleaf evergreen forest. Also in mixed forest, secondary growth and rhododendron scrub. Found at 1000m to 3400m.
Feeds on inscects, berries, seeds and other vegetable matter.
Forages on or close to the ground in pairs or small groups, sometimes together with other laughingthrushes.
Breeding season differs throughout range. The nest is a deep cup made of dead leaves, dry grasses, moss and other dead vegetation. It's placed in a small tree, bush, sapling or hanging lianas. Lays 1 - 4 eggs.
Resident species with some altitudinal movement in the Himalayas.[INFO:WIKIPEDIA]
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