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Giant Laughingthrush - John and Jemi Holmes
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Contributor

John and Jemi Holmes Media from this contributor

Date

Unknown

Location

Maerkang (Barkam) (31.9053, 102.2158)
Sichuan, China
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Map
Map Coordinates: 31.9053, 102.2158
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified
Behaviors
Foraging or eating

Media notes

A bird on a feeding point, close to a squirrel. Published in HBW Volume 12 on page 127. Original HBW caption: Babblers are often victims of mankind’s exploitation. Many forest species are in retreat due to habitat destruction, while the most beautiful species, or the most powerful songsters, are often trapped and sold as cagebirds. Occasionally, however, babblers benefit from mankind’s benevolence, with a few species taking scraps left out for them at human settlements. Here, a squirrel shares a Chinese bird table with a Giant Laughingthrush. This handsome species, one of the largest timaliids, occurs in forest and scrub in mountainous regions of south China and Tibet. IBC scientific name: Garrulax maximus. Elevation: 2658 m. Date added to IBC: June 21, 2016.

Collection

Internet Bird Collection (IBC)

Technical information

Model
Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
ISO
400
Focal length
560 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire, auto
f-stop
f/5.6
Shutter speed
1/640 sec
Dimensions
1800 pixels x 1162 pixels

Archival information

Cataloged
30 Jan 2020 - Matthew D. Medler
Digitized
30 Jan 2020 - Matthew D. Medler