Malabar Whistling Thrush

What the Malabar Whistling Thrush sounds like

Recorded by Jairam Vijayan · Aberrant, song · Payyavoor, Kannur, Kerala, India · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Malabar Whistling Thrush

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Malabar Whistling Thrush

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Malabar Whistling Thrush

The Malabar whistling thrush is a whistling thrush in the family Muscicapidae. The bird has been called whistling schoolboy for the whistling calls that they make at dawn that have a very human quality. The species is a resident in the Western Ghats and associated hills of peninsular India including central India and parts of the Eastern Ghats.

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Easily confused with

Taiwan Whistling ThrushMyophonus insularisIts length is 28 to 30 cm (11 to 12 in). Bornean Whistling ThrushMyophonus borneensisThe Bornean whistling thrush is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. Sri Lanka Whistling ThrushMyophonus blighiThe Sri Lanka whistling thrush is a whistling thrush in the family Muscicapidae.