black faced laughing thrush

black faced laughing thrush
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Lovely. Would have liked a little more detail on the head though, but a lovely painting..

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13/04/2015
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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 454 (Observe the Bird and recognize).BLACK FACED LAUGHING THRUSH..[From a Photograph of MR.DIBYENDU ASH] ... WATERCOLOUR ...A4...2015... The black-faced laughingthrush (Trochalopteron affine) is a bird species in the Leiothrichidae family. It is found in the Eastern Himalayas. Its range extends from eastern Nepal eastwards to Arunachal Pradesh in India and further to Myanmar, along with Bhutan and southeastern Tibet. Small disjunct populations also exist in continental Southeast Asia. 24–26 cm; 52–85 g. Fairly large, dark brownish laughingthrush, scaled above and streaked below pale grey, with blackish-brown head . Song consists of repeated loud, shrill, rather high-pitched, quickish phrases, e.g. “wiee-chiweeoo. Insects, including beetles (Coleoptera); also berries and fruits, including wild strawberries , crabapples liked to eat.

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