Ashy Thrush

Geokichla cinerea

Un uccello di medie dimensioni di foresta di pianura e pedemontana. Foraggia a terra. Grigio cenere sopra con barre bianche e nere nell'ala e sulla faccia. Parti inferiori bianche, con macchie nere concentrate sul petto. Simile ai Tordi di White e di Sunda, ma più piccolo, con macchie piuttosto che squame sotto e un'evidente barra verticale nera attraverso l'occhio. Il canto è una semplice melodia fischiata di media tonalità. Emette anche richiami aspri e stridenti.

Identificazione

EBird describes the bird as "A medium-sized bird of lowland and foothill forest. Forages on the ground. Ashy-gray above with black-and-white bars in the wing and the face. Underparts white, with black spots concentrated in the chest. Similar to White's thrush and Sunda thrush, but smaller, with spots rather than scales below and an obvious black vertical bar through the eye. Song is a simple medium-pitched whistled melody. Also gives harsh grating calls." <p>These are ground birds and eat earthworms and other small insects. <p>It has been recorded breeding in La Mesa Ecopark where that nest had three chicks

Tassonomia

Genere: Geokichla; famiglia: Turdidae; ordine: Passeriformes.

Nome scientifico
Geokichla cinerea
Autorità
Bourns & Worcester, 1894
Ordine
Passeriformi
Famiglia
Turdidae
Genere
Geokichla

Areale e habitat

It is found in tropical moist primary and secondary forest with a large majority up to 1,100 meters above sea level with a few records up to 1.560.<p>IUCN has assessed this bird as Vulnerable with the population estimated to consist of 6,000 to 15,000 mature individuals with it believed to be declining. This species' main threat is habitat loss with wholesale clearance of forest habitats as a result of logging, agricultural conversion, road development and mining activities occurring within the range. It may also suffer from hunting with snares in the Sierra Madre and illicit bird-trapping at Dalton Pass may exert a considerable pressure.<p>It occurs in the protected areas Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Quezon Protected Landscape, Mount Makiling National Park and Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park however, like most areas in the Philippines, protection is lax and deforestation and hunting persist even in these areas.<p>

Migrazione
Specie stanziale

Comportamento

Comportamento migratorio: Specie stanziale.

Conservazione

Tendenza della popolazione: in diminuzione.

Tendenza della popolazione
in diminuzione

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