Wildlifeof India
Spotted Elachura
Babblers, Laughingthrushes & White-eyes
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Elachura formosa
Basic stats
Habitat
Forest
Range
Forests of the eastern Himalaya and Southeast Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal and Vietnam
Size
10cm including its short tail
The spotted elachura, or spotted wren-babbler, is a passerine found in the forests of the eastern Himalaya and Southeast Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal and Vietnam. It measures 10 cm including its short tail, and is dark brown all over with rufous wings and tail, with white speckles over the body shifting to black barring on the wings and tail. Its distinctness led to the creation of a new family, Elachuridae, to accommodate this one species (Wikipedia, general species account).
The cached account gives no diet or breeding information. SoIB 2023 rates it a Low conservation priority, a resident forest bird that eats invertebrates, with a Moderate range of about 52,900 km² and insufficient data on trends (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).
Quick answers
- What habitat does the Spotted Elachura live in?
- Forest
- Where is the Spotted Elachura found?
- Forests of the eastern Himalaya and Southeast Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal and Vietnam
- How big is the Spotted Elachura?
- 10cm including its short tail