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The Banasura laughingthrush is a medium-sized songbird, ranging between 203 and 230 cm in length, and between 36 and 52 g in mass. Adults have a black face and throat; white supercilia; a gray breast, cheeks, and back; an ochre belly; and olive back, wings, and tail. Additionally, adults have a black bill, crimson irises, and brownish legs. It is distinguished from the Nilgiri laughingthrush by its gray breast, and from the Palani and Ashambu laughingthrushes by its black chin. The sexes are indistinguishable in plumage.
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When to see the Banasura Laughingthrush
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
About the Banasura Laughingthrush
The Banasura laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in shola habitat in a small section of the Western Ghats in southwestern Karnataka and northern Kerala. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the black-chinned laughingthrush.
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Easily confused with
Nilgiri LaughingthrushMontecincla cachinnansThis laughingthrush is about 24 cm long with a rufous underside and a dark olive grey upper body.
Ashambu LaughingthrushMontecincla meridionalisThe Ashambu laughingthrush or Travancore laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
Palani LaughingthrushMontecincla fairbankiThis species has a dark grey-brown crown and narrow dark grey eyestripe with a broad white supercilium above it.
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