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Alu Demalichcha
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| Local Name : |
The Ashy-Headed Laughing-Thrush |
| Scientific Name : |
Garrulax cinereifrons
(Blyth) |
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Very slightly larger than the Southern Common
Babbler, and easily distinguish from both it and the rufous Babbler by its mainly black
beak, dark grey legs, grey head, and dark reddish-brown back, wings and tail. It is also a
neater-looking bird.
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Like
the two preceding babblers, it lives in flocks, and is a noisy bird keeping up a constant
flow of 'babblings', squeaks, and chatterings, which can easily be mistaken for those of
the Rufous Babbler - and which inhabits the same jungles.
The breeding
season is in the first quarter the year. Ashy-headed Laughing Thrush's nest was found only
in 1984. It was on a thin tree about 15 feet high. It was an untidy football-sized mass of
twigs and leaves with a neat nest-cup on top. The turquoise-blue eggs are measure about
25×18 mm.
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It
is confined to the deep forests of the wet zone and the adjacent mountains where, on the
southern and western aspects of the main range, it ascends to at least 5,000 feet.
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