Featured Article: White-speckled Laughingthrush
Identification
- 25.5 cm (10 ins), a medium-sized Laughingthrush
- Crown to nape rich rufescent mid-brown
- Upperparts similar but more ochraceous and each feather tip has a black band and white spot
Distribution
Poorly known. Old records are from NW Yunnan and SW Sichuan in Southern China, but many places were heavily logged over the years, and this species was not seen between 1989 and 2008, when it was rediscovered in Muli county in Sichuan.
Behaviour
Shy and skulking.