Variegated Laughingthrush
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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 704 (Observe the Bird and recognize)..Variegated Laughingthrush ...[From the Ref. Photograph of MR. kollol Majumdar] ...water colour ...A4...2016... The variegated laughingthrush(Trochalopteron variegatum) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It is endemic to the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, primarily the low-to-mid altitudes of the Himalayas. It ranges across Bhutan, India, Nepal and Tibet. 24–26 cm; 57–79 g. Medium-sized olive and buffy laughingthrush with whitish lower face, broad black mesial stripe and grey, black and white wings. Song consists of repeated loud, musical, far-carrying whistled phrases, e.g. “weet-a-weer”. Like to live on Open forest of fir and birch or oak with dense rhododendron and ringal bamboo growth and bushes. Diet: Insects, fruit and berries. In pairs during breeding season; otherwise in parties of up to 20 or more birds. Forages among bushes . On Apr–Aug they create Nest described as a rather compact
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