Prakruti Parichay
LeiothrichidaeGarrulax

Black-faced Laughingthrush

Garrulax affiniS

25–25 cmMedium
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. Himalayas. A distinctive, mainly rufous-brown laughingthrush with black supercilium and ear-coverts, and white malar stripe and patches on sides of neck. Has black chin and centre of throat, greyish-white scaling on breast, variable grey mottling on upperparts, olive-yellow panel on mainly blue-grey wings, black primary-covert patch, and olive - yellow tail with broad grey tip. G. a. bethslas (E Himalayas) has deeper rufous - brown underparts with indistinct greyish fringes to breast compared with the nominate (Wand C Nepal). Forest; also shrubberies above the tree line.

Colour

GreyBlackRufous / Red-brownBrown
Average size
25 cm
Habitat
Forest, also shrubberies above the tree line.
Behaviour
Resident.

About this bird

Resident. Himalayas. A distinctive, mainly rufous-brown laughingthrush with black supercilium and ear-coverts, and white malar stripe and patches on sides of neck. Has black chin and centre of throat, greyish-white scaling on breast, variable grey mottling on upperparts, olive-yellow panel on mainly blue-grey wings, black primary-covert patch, and olive - yellow tail with broad grey tip. G. a. bethslas (E Himalayas) has deeper rufous - brown underparts with indistinct greyish fringes to breast compared with the nominate (Wand C Nepal). Forest; also shrubberies above the tree line.

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Black-faced Laughingthrush is bigger than Blue-tailed Bee-eater but smaller than Brown-cheeked Rail.

This bird

Black-faced Laughingthrush

Garrulax affiniS

25–25 cm