The Nilgiri laughingthrush is a species of laughingthrush endemic to the high elevation areas of the Nilgiris and adjoining hill ranges in Peninsular India. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) has listed it as 'Endangered' in the red list. The mostly rufous underparts, olive-brown upperparts, a prominent white eyebrow, and a black throat make it unmistakable. It is easily detected by its loud series of nasal call notes and can be hard to spot when it is hidden away inside a patch of dense vegetation.

This laughingthrush is about 24 cm (9.45 in) long with a rufous underside and a dark olive-grey upper body. The crown is slaty brown and there is a jagged and broad white supercilium margined with black. The throat, lores (the region between the eyes and nostrils of birds), and a streak behind the eye are black. The tail is olive-brown. The iris is reddish-brown and the legs and bill are black.

The Nilgiri laughingthrush nests from February to the beginning of June. The nest is a cup placed low in a clump of dense undergrowth, often close to a stream or marsh in the edge of a shola. The male, as well as the female, build the nest. The eggs are laid within a few days of completing the nest construction.

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