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This species has dark brownish-grey upperparts, a black mask and a white throat. The breast is grey while the belly and underside are rufous. It has some resemblance to the rufous-vented laughingthrush (Pterorhinus gularis) of northeastern India which has a yellow throat. Some older treatments considered lumped delesserti with gularis. The ranges of delesserti and gularis are widely disjunct but museum specimens can be told apart by the pale lower mandible of delesserti unlike the all dark bill of gularis.
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When to see the Wayanad Laughingthrush
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Where to see the Wayanad Laughingthrush
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About the Wayanad Laughingthrush
The Wayanad laughingthrush is a species of laughingthrush in the family Leiothrichidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats south of Goa in India. These laughingthrushes move in groups in dense forests, producing loud calls but tend to be hard to spot in the undergrowth. They have brown upperparts, a white throat, a broad black mask through the eye and a heavy bill with pale yellow on the lower mandible. Despite the name, derived from the Wayanad region, this species has a wider range than the four other south Indian species of laughingthrush that are restricted to the higher elevation hills.
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Easily confused with
Chinese BabaxPterorhinus lanceolatusThe Chinese babax is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
Chestnut-backed LaughingthrushPterorhinus nuchalisThe chestnut-backed laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
Mount Victoria BabaxPterorhinus woodiThe Mount Victoria babax is a species of passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
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