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Garulax leucolophus
spotted at houston zoo. The White-crested Laughingthrush, Garrulax leucolophus is an Old World babbler. It is found in forest and scrub from the Himalayan foothills to Indochina. It formerly included the Sumatran Laughingthrush as a subspecies, but unlike that species the plumage of the White-crested Laughingthrush is rufescent-brown and white, and the black mask is relatively broad.
Family:Timaliidae Genus:Garrulax
Spotted on Jul 16, 2011
Submitted on Jul 16, 2011
4 Comments
Mick is correct , it checked out...thanks all for trying to ID.
Second thoughts White -Crested Laughing Thrush Garulax leucolophus from India (from Birds of India)
Could it be an Australian bird similar to the Kookabura?
At first glance I thought about a Shrike, but the beak looks wrong, I think).
But heck, I don't know anything about birds on your side of the Globe :(