laughing-thrush

There are ten breeding species for which Nepal may hold internationally significant populations including Bengal florican Houbaropsis bengalensis (E) and rufous-necked laughing-thrush Garrulax ruficollis.

Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal 2009

The general appearance of the streaked laughing-thrush is that of one of the seven sisters who is wearing her best frock.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

Scarcely has it left the first branch when a second laughing-thrush flies to it; then a fourth, a fifth, and so on; so that the birds look as though they might be playing "Follow the man from Cook's."

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

This is especially noticeable in the case of the white-throated laughing-thrush.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

The red-headed laughing-thrush has no white at all in the under parts.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

The Nilgiri laughing-thrush (_Trochalopterum cachinnans_) is a very common bird on the hills.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

This is the Eastern counterpart of the white-throated laughing-thrush (_Garrulax albigularis_).

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

Three other species of laughing-thrush must be numbered among common birds of the Himalayas, although they, like the heroine of _A Bad

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

The white-throated laughing-thrush (_Garrulax albigularis_) is a handsome bird larger than a myna.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916