Brown-headed Thrush
Turdus chrysolaus
A large migratory thrush, breeding in northern Japan; a wintering bird in Taiwan and elsewhere. All plumages rich earthy brown above, with extensive orange sides and white central bellies. Male has sooty brown throat and cheeks, female and young birds streaked throats and faint supercilium. Found mostly in forests but also ventures into fields and gardens in winter.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Turdus chrysolaus
- Authority
- Temminck, 1832
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae
- Genus
- Turdus
Range and habitat
- Breeding range
- PAL : Sakhalin I. (Russia), Kuril Is. and Japan
- Non-breeding range
- se China and n, w Philippines
- Migration
- Complete migrants
Conservation
- Population trend
- unknown
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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