Common Woodshrike

The common woodshrike is small and ashy brown with a dark cheek patch and a broad white brow, a large head and a strong hooked beak. It has white outer tail feathers contrasting with a dark tail. Young birds have streaks and spots on the crown and white spots on the mantle, and the northern form is pale brown above (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is found across Asia mainly in thin forest and scrub, where it hunts insects, often joining other insectivorous birds. It is usually found in pairs and has a loud whistling song of several notes, and a plaintive 'weet-weet' call. It nests in summer before the rains, building a cup nest on a bare fork. Three eggs are the usual clutch, and both parents incubate. The account opened does not name Bhutan.