Pin-striped Tit-Babbler

It has a distinctive yellowish eyebrow and rufous crown, with a yellowish throat with brown streaks (Wikipedia, general species account).

The call is a loud, repeated chonk-chonk-chonk-chonk-chonk, somewhat reminiscent of a common tailorbird's, and the southern population was rediscovered from the Masinagudi area in Mudumalai in 2004. It forages in small flocks, creeping and clambering in low vegetation, and breeds in the pre-monsoon season, February to July, building a loose ball-shaped nest of grasses and leaves (Wikipedia, general species account).