Wynaad Laughingthrush
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The Wynaad Laughingthrush (Garrulax delesserti) is a species of bird
in the Timaliidae family. It is endemic to the Western Ghats
of India
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The ranges are disjunct, however the separation museum specimens of delesserti from gularis may be made from several characters. The lower mandible of delesserti is pale while gularis has an all dark bill. The tail is uniformly coloured and is darker than the back in delesserti while that of gularis is pale with rufous outer tail feathers. The chin is yellow in gularis while white in delesserti.
is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
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Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Timaliidae family. It is endemic to the Western Ghats
Western Ghats
The Western Ghats, Western Ghauts or the Sahyādri is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea. The Western Ghats block rainfall to the Deccan...
of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Description
This species has dark brownish-grey upperparts, a black mask but has a white throat. The breast is grey while the belly and underside are rufous. It has a slight resemblance to Garrulax gularis of northeastern India which used to be lumped together in some taxonomic treatments.The ranges are disjunct, however the separation museum specimens of delesserti from gularis may be made from several characters. The lower mandible of delesserti is pale while gularis has an all dark bill. The tail is uniformly coloured and is darker than the back in delesserti while that of gularis is pale with rufous outer tail feathers. The chin is yellow in gularis while white in delesserti.
Distribution
This species is found south of Goa. Its natural habitatHabitat
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is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
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