Scientific name: Garrulax leucolophus
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae

The White-crested Laughing Thrush is an arboreal forest dweller. It is common in Southeast Asia, from the northwest Himalayas to southwest China to Sumatra, India to Indonesia. It inhabits broad-leaved evergreen, semi-evergreen, and dry deciduous forests, as well as secondary growth and bamboo.

They feed mainly on the ground by probing, digging and flicking with their bills. They eat a variety of insects as well as small invertebrates, fruits, and seeds.

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