How big is a Malabar Whistling Thrush?

The Malabar Whistling Thrush is a medium sized bird weighing about 117 g.

Where can you see a Malabar Whistling Thrush?

The Malabar Whistling Thrush is endemic to India, which is the only country where it occurs.

What does a Malabar Whistling Thrush sound like?

You can listen to a field recording of the Malabar Whistling Thrush on this page, contributed to xeno-canto under open licences.

What birds look similar to a Malabar Whistling Thrush?

The Malabar Whistling Thrush is most easily confused with the Taiwan Whistling Thrush, the Bornean Whistling Thrush and the Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush.

Is the Malabar Whistling Thrush endangered?

The Malabar Whistling Thrush is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Malabar Whistling Thrush

Myophonus horsfieldii

Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies · Passeriformes · Uncommon

The Malabar Whistling Thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii) is a uncommon chats, old world flycatchers, and alli found only in India, weighing about 117 g. The Malabar whistling thrush is a whistling thrush in the family Muscicapidae.

Least ConcernUncommonEndemicEats invertebratesforestcup nest117 g

Malabar Whistling Thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii), photo 1 — Photo: Karunakar Rayker from India · CC BY 2.0

Malabar Whistling Thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii), photo 2 — Photo: Karunakar Rayker from India · CC BY 2.0

Malabar Whistling Thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii), photo 3 — Photo: Dhruvaraj S from India · CC BY 2.0

Malabar Whistling Thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii), photo 4 — Photo: Ganesh Subramaniam from B.R.HILLS, South India, India · CC BY 2.0

Malabar Whistling Thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii), photo 5 — Photo: Ganesh Subramaniam from B.R.HILLS, South India, India · CC BY 2.0

Malabar Whistling Thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii), photo 6 — Photo: Antony Grossy from Conoor, Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu State, India, India · CC BY 2.0

Malabar Whistling Thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii), photo 7 — Photo: Kandukuru Nagarjun from Bangalore, India · CC BY 2.0

Malabar Whistling Thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii), photo 8 — Photo: Antony Grossy from Conoor, Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu State, India, India · CC BY 2.0

Malabar Whistling Thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii), photo 9 — Photo: Koshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India · CC BY 2.0

Malabar Whistling Thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii), photo 10 — Photo: Antony Grossy from Conoor, Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu State, India, India · CC BY 2.0

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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What the Malabar Whistling Thrush sounds like

Recording: Jairam Vijayan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Where it lives

India

When to see it

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, August, September, October, November, December, with peak activity in February. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

What does a Malabar Whistling Thrush look like?: The Malabar whistling thrush is a whistling thrush in the family Muscicapidae.
How big is a Malabar Whistling Thrush?: The Malabar Whistling Thrush is a medium sized bird weighing about 117 g.
Where can you see a Malabar Whistling Thrush?: The Malabar Whistling Thrush is endemic to India, which is the only country where it occurs.
What does a Malabar Whistling Thrush sound like?: You can listen to a field recording of the Malabar Whistling Thrush on this page, contributed to xeno-canto under open licences.
What birds look similar to a Malabar Whistling Thrush?: The Malabar Whistling Thrush is most easily confused with the Taiwan Whistling Thrush, the Bornean Whistling Thrush and the Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush.
Is the Malabar Whistling Thrush endangered?: The Malabar Whistling Thrush is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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