Painted Quail-thrush
Cinclosoma ajax
A medium-sized and localised ground-dwelling bird of foothill forest and lowland gallery forest. Brown tail, back and crown stripe, black mask, white belly and rufous sides. Male has a black throat and chest, and an obvious white stripe on the face, whereas the female has a white throat and thin whitish eye-brow. Overlaps with the similar-sized Blue and Chestnut-backed Jewel-babblers but Painted Quail-thrush lacks any blue plumage. Song, three descending whistles, 2 short and 1 long, followed by an explosive “Whip!”.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Cinclosoma ajax
- Authority
- (Temminck, 1836)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cinclosomatidae
- Genus
- Cinclosoma
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
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