Key Identification Features
- The calls of this species are distinctive.
- The species' distinctive calls are made up of three or four notes, with a pitch drop on the middle note.
- A distinct dark-colored form from the southern Western Ghats has been named granti, which includes the former subspecies olivaceum.
- The population from the eastern Himalayas is mandellii, which has streaking on the back and nape, as well as distinct vocal calls.
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