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Photographed: Lamma Island, Hong Kong, male

Photo by anonymous guy
Photographed: Lamma Island, Hong Kong, female

Turdus hortulorum

[edit] Identification

Male

• Grey upperparts and breast
• Bright orange sides to breast and flanks

Female

• Olive brown upperparts and head
• Dark malar
• Bold spots on orange breast and flanks

[edit] Distribution

Breeds in East Siberia, Russia (mainly Amurland and Ussuriland) and northern China (Manchuria). Has once bred in Korea.
Winters in south and south-east China and north Vietnam.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Oakwoods and mixed woods, often near water. In winter also in open woods, bamboo and scrub.

[edit] Behaviour

Feeds on invertebrates and their larvae, foraging on the ground.
Usually alone or in pairs, in winter also in small flocks. Shy and unapproachable.
Breeds from early May to mid August. The nest is a cup made of dry grasses and twigs, well hidden in a bush or a tree fork, up to 2m above the ground. Lays 4 to 5 eggs.

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