Bare-headed Laughingthrush (Garrulax calvus)

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
25 - 26 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1888)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 750 - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia.

Northern Borneo.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A very low soft hollow series of 3 - 20 short notes , 'hoo hoo hoo hoo...'. Also a grating querulous 'queer-queer-hoop-hoop-hoop'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

Bare-headed Laughingthrush (Melanocichla calva) [XC747284]
by David Edwards from Kiau Gap Viewpoint, Kinabalu Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (song)

Bare-headed Laughingthrush (Melanocichla calva) [XC28826]
by David Edwards from Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Black Laughingthrush (Garrulax lugubris), and formerly treated as conspecific.

References
See References.

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