Babblers (Timaliidae)

Wynaad Laughingthrush (Dryonastes delesserti) - HBW 12, p. 233

French: Garrulaxe de Delessert German: Rostflankenhäherling Spanish: Charlatán de Delessert

Taxonomy: C[rateropus]. Delesserti Jerdon, 1839, Kotagiri, Nilgiri Hills, India.
Genus traditionally subsumed in Garrulax, but differs in some small details of morphology. May form a superspecies with D. gularis, and in the past commonly considered conspecific. Monotypic.

Distribution: SW India from Goa and Belgaum S to Kerala and W Tamil Nadu.