Malabar Whistling-Thrush

Myophonus horsfieldii

The Malabar whistling thrush is a whistling thrush in the family Muscicapidae. The bird has been called whistling schoolboy for the whistling calls that they make at dawn that have a very human quality. The species is a resident in the Western Ghats and associated hills of peninsular India including central India and parts of the Eastern Ghats.

Scientific name

Myophonus horsfieldii

Family

Old World Flycatchers

IUCN status

LC