Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Malabar Whistling Thrush

Myophonus horsfieldii

The Malabar Whistling Thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii) is a 117 g forest bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family

Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

117 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

1

Recorded in India.

Where to see it: Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) (India); IIT Bombay (India); Bhandup Pumping Station (BPS) (India); Kanha NP · Mukki Zone (India); Kattampally (India).

Photo: (c) Renjith Jacob Mathews, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist