Ashambu Laughingthrush

About the Ashambu Laughingthrush

The Ashambu laughingthrush or Travancore laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in the Western Ghats in southern Kerala and southern Tamil Nadu. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the grey-breasted laughingthrush. It is closely related to the Palani laughingthrush and can be differentiated from it by its very short white brow that stops before the eye.

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Where the Ashambu Laughingthrush lives

When to see the Ashambu Laughingthrush

Peak activity in March · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Cambodian LaughingthrushGarrulax ferrariusThe Cambodian laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. Grey LaughingthrushGarrulax maesiThe grey laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. Streaked BarwingActinodura soulieiThe streaked barwing is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.