Ashy-headed Laughingthrush

Medium-sized, rufous babbler with a gray hood, beady pale eye, buff throat patch, and blackish bill and legs. Gregarious, usually encountered within small groups low in the understory, or on the ground, in wet forests of the lowlands and foothills. Can join mixed species flocks. Mixture of gray head, black bill and legs, and paler buff underside identify it from all other babblers on Sri Lanka. Variety of untidy vocalizations given, including scratchy notes, whistles, squeals, metallic “churrs” and “chirps”, and chattering calls, all given in combination.

The ashy-headed laughingthrush (Argya cinereifrons) is a resident breeding bird in Sri Lanka that lives in the wet zone's rainforests, dense bamboo thickets, and shaded understory of broadleaf evergreen forests: Location: Found in the south-west and central parts of Sri Lanka

The diet of the ashy-headed laughingthrush (Argya cinereifrons) consists mainly of insects and jungle berries. They are often seen in groups of up to a dozen, and are sometimes found in mixed feeding flocks in the tropical Asian jungle.