Alternative names: Chestnut-winged Laughingthrush; Chinese Rusty Laughingthrush
- Garrulax berthemyi
Identification
27 - 29cm. A medium-sized brown laughingthrush:
- Ochrous brown above and on breast
- Tail and wings rufous-chestnut
- Blue orbital and postocular skin
- Black mask
- Lower breast and belly grey
- Pale tail tips
Sexes similar, juveniles are duller than adults.
Distribution
Southeast China (Yunnan, Sichuan to Guizhou, Hunan, Anhui, Zhejiang and to Guangxi, Guangdong and Fujian).
Scarce to fairly common in its range.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly considered conspecific with Rusty Laughingthrush and both species with Grey-sided Laughingthrush. All three may form a superspecies.
Placed in genus Dryonastes or in Ianthocincla by some authorities.
Habitat
Broadleaf evergreen forest, bamboo and low ground cover in conifer plantations. Found at 600 - 1800m.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on insects, seeds and other vegetable matter.
Usually seen in small groups of up to six birds in undergrowth or middle storey.
Breeding
Breeding season May to July in China. The nest is a bulky cup made of bamboo and other leaves. It's placed in an upright fork of a bush or in bamboo. Lays 2 - 5 eggs.
Resident species.
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Buffy Laughingthrush Wawu.mp3</flashmp3>
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Recording by china guy, Sichuan, China, August 2011
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- 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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Buffy Laughingthrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Buffy_Laughingthrush
