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White-Crested Laughing Thrush
Garrulax leucolophus
Stats
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Lifespan:
15 years in the wild, 20 years in captivity
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Eats
Opportunistic omnivores, eating beetles, spiders, flies, mealworms, caterpillars, snails, leeches, fruits, seeds, nectar, and even small lizards and frogs.
Lives
Southeast Asia into Nepal, in forests and scrublands. Thrushes like dense, shady thickets and shrubs, often found in secondary forests.
Behavior
Diurnal and live in flocks.
Description
White-Crested Laughing Thrushes are a medium sized bird with white crowns on the top of their heads, a thin dark mask, and russet-brown body. Females look identical to males, except their crowns are shorter. They are highly social and vocal birds often characterized by their “laughing” vocalization.
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