Chestnut capped babbler
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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 559/588(Observe the Bird and recognize)...CHESTNUT CAPPED BABBLER...WATERCOLOUR...A4...2015... [From the photograph of Mr. KOSHYK KOSHY] .... The chestnut-capped babbler (Timalia pileata) is a passerine bird of the Timaliidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Timalia. This bird is native in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. The Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal represents the western limit of its distribution. 15·5–17 cm; 15–23 g. Medium-sized babbler with rather long graduated tail, thick black bill, black half-mask, white face and breast and chestnut cap. Songs include sudden husky phrases ending with thin metallic notes, “wher-wher witch-it-it”,. Caterpillars, beetles (Coleoptera) and other insects and their eggs are favorite diet.
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