White-crested Laughingthrush
A species of Laughing Thrushes Scientific name : Garrulax leucolophus Genus : Laughing Thrushes
White-crested Laughingthrush, A species of Laughing Thrushes
Botanical name: Garrulax leucolophus
Genus: Laughing Thrushes
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Description
Like other birds in its genus, G. leucolophus has a stocky build, with strong blackish legs and bill, rounded tail, and voluminous plumage. Its body length averages 30 cm, and its tail ranges from 13 to 15 cm. It is named after its characteristic white hood and raised crest. It is also easily recognizable due to its broad and elongated black eye-mask. The mantle, back and underparts from the lower breast down are rufescent, contrasting with the white head, throat and upper chest and fading into darker olive-brown on the tail and upper wings. The nape is light gray. Females look almost identical to males but have a smaller crest, duller mantle, and slightly more pronounced gray on the nape. Juveniles can be identified by their shorter crest and tail, paler mask, brownish nape and brighter mantle. Subspecies have subtle variations in plumage: patkaicus' mantle is a darker, richer chestnut; belangeri has white extending lower onto the belly and paler underparts; diardi even more so and with a brighter upper mantle. 
Size
31 cm
Colors
Brown
Black
Gray
White
Life Expectancy
15-20 years
Feeding Habits
White-crested Laughingthrush, an omnivorous bird, predominantly feeds on invertebrates (beetles, spiders, caterpillars) and supplements its diet with fruits, seeds, nectar, and occasionally small reptiles and amphibians. It exhibits opportunistic feeding, including scavenging from humans, and forages in groups, actively searching the ground by moving leaf litter.
Habitat
White-crested Laughingthrush typically inhabits dense and moist broadleaf evergreen forests, mixed deciduous forests, and secondary forests that offer a lush understory, often including bamboo and scrub. Preferring the cover of thickets and edges, white-crested Laughingthrush is found from lowlands up to 2135 meters elevation, usually below 1600 meters. This bird species thrives in disturbed forests, regenerating areas, overgrown abandoned cultivations, and even in plantations and gardens that are adjacent to more natural forest habitats.
Dite type
Omnivorous
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Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Laughingthrushes Genus
Laughing Thrushes Species
White-crested Laughingthrush 
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