Cinclosome ajax Cinclosoma ajax

A medium-sized and localised ground-dwelling bird of foothill forest and lowland gallery forest. Brown tail, back and crown stripe, black mask, white belly and rufous sides. Male has a black throat and chest, and an obvious white stripe on the face, whereas the female has a white throat and thin whitish eye-brow. Overlaps with the similar-sized Blue and Chestnut-backed Jewel-babblers but Painted Quail-thrush lacks any blue plumage. Song, three descending whistles, 2 short and 1 long, followed by an explosive “Whip!”.