Masked Laughing thrush

Description:

Alternative names: Black-faced Laughingthrush; Spectacled Laughingthrush; Masked Jay-thrush.

Habitat:

Found in scrub, woodland, cultivated areas, often near villages, in thickets, bamboo, reeds and hedgerows. In Hong Kong in built-up urban areas, parks, villages and farmland. Generally in lowlands up to 1000m.

Notes:

The Edward Youde Aviary (尤德觀鳥園) is a 3,000-square-metre (32,000 sq ft) aviary built over a natural valley at the southern corner of Hong Kong Park which is located in Central at the bottom of the north eastern slope of Victoria Peak in Hong Kong. It has a highest point of 46.5 metres (153 ft) and a lowest point of 30 metres (98 ft) above sea level. This walk-though aviary features a collection of 800 birds representing 100 species indigenous to Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and New Guinea.