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Adult Male
Photo by Kshounish Sankar Ray
Kolkata, India, April 2009

Turdus obscurus

[edit] Identification

Adult Male

• Grey back and head
• Black eyeline with white borders
• Orange breast and flanks
• White belly

Juvenile

• Browner back

[edit] Distribution

Siberia, Mongolia and Japan; winters to Indonesia and Philippines

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

Female or Juvenile?
Photo by Neil
Hong Kong, China

[edit] Habitat

Coniferous and open forests, feeding in dense thicket or leaf litter.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

The 4-6 eggs are laid in a tree nest.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects, earthworms and berries.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Wikipedia
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

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