PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN ...(Observe the Bird and recognize)...RUFOUS NECKED LAUGHING THRUSH

PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 541/569(Observe the Bird and recognize)...RUFOUS NECKED LAUGHING THRUSH.. WATERCOLOUR...A4...2015... [From the photograph of Mr. SUBRATA MUKHERJEE] .... The rufous-necked laughingthrush (Garrulax ruficollis) is a bird species in the Leiothrichidae family. In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the genus Dryonastes.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
22 - 27cm. A small and trim Laughingthrush:
Dark olive plumage with a dark grey crown.Face, throat and upper breast blackish.Post-auricular patch bright chestnut.Bright chestnut lower belly and vent.Blackish tail.
Sexes similar. Juveniles are less marked with browner plumage and much duller rufous on vent
Superficially similar to Rufous-cheeked Laughingthrush but ranges don't overlap and the two species may not even belong to the same genus.
Feeds on insects and small molluscs. Takes also berries and seeds, including rice or millet.[INFO:WIKIPEDIA& BIRD FORUM]