© Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok eBird S51514779 Macaulay Library ML 136429721
© Chi-Lien (綺蓮) Hsueh (薛)
© Xueping & Stephan Popp
© Doug Gochfeld

Assam Laughingthrush Trochalopteron chrysopterum

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Identification

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Shy skulker with golden wings and a long golden tail. Eastern populations in China have a gray head and orange crown, while western populations in far northeastern India and Myanmar have a dark rusty head. Forages on the ground in small flocks in dense brushy understory, sometimes with other laughingthrushes. Song is a repetitive series of inflected notes, including a wolf-whistle-like “whi’wi’er-wee!” and a shorter “whi’wi’eeer!”

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