From Opus
Alternative name: Kerala Laughingthrush (without jerdoni); White-breasted Laughingthrush
- Garrulax jerdoni
[edit] 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
[edit] 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.
[edit] Taxonomy
- Hill forests of south-western India (Western Ghats in Coorg region)
- Southern India (Palni and Anaimalai hills and northern Kerala)
- Hill forests of south-western India (southern Kerala)
Some authorities place jerdoni within Rufous-breasted Laughingthrush.
Has also variously been placed in genus Strophocincla or Trochalopteron.
[edit] Habitat
Scrub and secondary forest, thickets along streams in tea and cardamon plantations, sometimes gardens, edges of broadleaf forest. Recorded at 800 - 2135m.
[edit] 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.
[edit] References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- 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
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