A social inhabitant of scrubby and edge areas in the southern Tibetan plateau, this is the largest of the babaxes and a common sight around villages and monasteries, to which it often comes for handouts and scraps. A bulky, long-tailed brown bird with a weakly curved bill and dark streaking all over the upper half of the body. Vocalizations are rich and varied, comprising melodic flute-like notes and harsher jabbering ones.