The enigmatic Hume's Groundpecker (Pseudopodoces humilis) aka Ground Jay, Ground Tit. With the beak of a Chough, head of a corvid, body of a wheatear its no wonder there was a lot of confusion where it is to be placed. Placed for more than a century in Corvidae for its similarities to the ground jays it has now been put in Paridae after DNA studies revealed it was closely related to the Great Tit.
-- This feisty guy was feeding with gusto and demolished a dung heap in its search for grubs
Tsokar, Ladakh 9th August '13
The complete trip report is here
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