Japanese Thrush
Turdus cardis
Elusive thrush, seldom seen far from cover. Favors well-shaded streamsides, gullies, and valleys in broadleaf hill forests during the breeding season, but can be found in sparser habitats in the non-breeding season. Adult male sharply marked and beautiful if seen well, combining coal-black upperparts with a snow-white belly punctuated with dark speckles. Immature male gray above, belly tinged orange. Female medium brown above with white underparts marked with both dark speckles and an orange suffusion; can be confused with female Gray-backed Thrush, but dark markings in Japanese extend to lower belly (restricted to the throat in Gray-backed). Rich, lengthy song often very repetitive.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Turdus cardis
- Authority
- Temminck, 1831
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae
- Genus
- Turdus
Range and habitat
- Breeding range
- PAL : c China and Hokkaido to Kyushu (n to s Japan)
- Non-breeding range
- se Asia and se China
- Migration
- Complete migrants
Conservation
- Population trend
- unknown
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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