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Puff-throated Babbler (Pellorneum ruficeps subochraceum)

Puff-throated Babbler (Pellorneum ruficeps subochraceum), Phetchaburi, Thailand

 

Puff-throated Babblers vocalize often. Their calls are a series of whistling notes ascending in scale. Some calls have been transcribed as he'll beat you, pret-ty-sweet. The calling can be persistent. The breeding season is mainly during the rainy season. They build a nest on the ground at the base of bush and is a dome of leaves and twigs with an entrance on the side. The opening usually pointing downhill when the nest is on slopy ground. The clutch varies from 2 to 5 eggs, with northern populations tending towards larger clutches. Parent birds run rodent-like in the undergrowth as they move in and out of the nest. Young birds fledge and leave the nest about 12 to 13 days after hatching.

 

Source: Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puff-throated_Babbler

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Uploaded on August 14, 2012
Taken on July 29, 2012