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[[Image:Dark-throated_Thrush.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Male <br />Photo by {{user|Jeremy|Jeremy Inglis}}<br /> Swansea, [[Wales]], [[U.K.]], March 2006]]
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[[Image:Dark-throated_Thrush.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male Black-throated Thrush ''Turdus ruficollis atrogularis''<br />Photo by {{user|Jeremy|Jeremy Inglis}}<br /> Swansea, [[Wales]], [[U.K.]], March 2006]]
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[[Image:Black-throated_Thrush.jpg|thumb|550px|right|<br/>Photo by {{user|tom+tams|tom tams}}<br /> Newholm, North Yorkshire, [[U.K.]]]]
 
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;[[:Category:Turdus|Turdus]] ruficollis
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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*Grey back
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*Bill black with yellow base on lower mandible (variable extent)
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*Rufous underwing
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*Faint [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]]
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*Throat black or red according to subspecies
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*Grey back (can be brownish or bluish depending on conditions and individual)
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*Female is streaked black below
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*Rufous to buffy underwing
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*Throat black in male summer plumage, can be mostly covered by pale feather tips in fresh (fall) plumage
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*Throat with black spots often assembled in stripes in female summer plumage, can be mostly covered by pale feather tips in fresh (fall) plumage
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*Shadow of grey spotting or streaks on underside to about the legs
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[[Image:Black-throated_Thrush.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Female in winter plumage<br />Photo by {{user|tom+tams|tom tams}}<br /> Newholm, North [[Yorkshire]], [[U.K.]] January 2010]]
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Primarily of [[Eastern Palearctic]] distribution with Black-throated Thrush being the western subspecies and Red-throated Thrush the eastern subspecies. Vagrants of both reach the [[Western Palearctic]], with Black-throated being the commoner.
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Breeds in [[Russia]] from just west of the Uran to eastern Siberia, winters to [[Caucasus]], [[India]] and [[China]]. Vagrants to most of the [[Western Palearctic]], mainly in winter.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Black-throated Thrush is [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]]<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
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It has until recently been treated as a subspecies under [[Red-throated Thrush]] ''Turdus ruficollis''.
  
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Dark-throated Thrush occur in two subspecies, ''Turdus ruficollis ruficollis'' which is also known as Red-throated Thrush, and ''Turdus ruficollis atrogularis'' which is known as Black-throated Thrush. These two forms are considered different species by some authorities (Howard and Moore<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup> and <sup>[[#References|3]]</sup>), but not others (Clements<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup>).
 
 
==Habitat==
 
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Mixed and coniferous forests for breeding, more open areas in winter including in gardens.
 
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Will eat apples on the ground when occurring as vagrant in western [[Europe]].
 
==References==  
 
==References==  
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# Dickinson, Edward C. (ed.). 2003. ''The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World''. 3rd ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691117010
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#{{Ref-HM03Cor8}}#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}# Knox, A.G. et al. 2008. Taxonomic recommendations for British birds: Fifth report. [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/121420075/PDFSTART ''Ibis''], 150, 833–835
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# Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
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# Beaman, M., S. Madge, K.M. Olsen. 1998. Fuglene i Europa, Nordafrika og Mellemøsten. Copenhagen, Denmark: Gads Forlag, ISBN 87-12-02276-4
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# Knox, A.G. et al. 2008. Taxonomic recommendations for British birds: Fifth report. [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/121420075/PDFSTART ''Ibis''], 150, 833–835
 
 
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Revision as of 20:16, 13 December 2014

Male
Photo by Jeremy Inglis
Swansea, Wales, U.K., March 2006
Turdus atrogularis

Identification

  • Bill black with yellow base on lower mandible (variable extent)
  • Faint supercilium
  • Grey back (can be brownish or bluish depending on conditions and individual)
  • Rufous to buffy underwing
  • Throat black in male summer plumage, can be mostly covered by pale feather tips in fresh (fall) plumage
  • Throat with black spots often assembled in stripes in female summer plumage, can be mostly covered by pale feather tips in fresh (fall) plumage
  • Shadow of grey spotting or streaks on underside to about the legs
Female in winter plumage
Photo by tom tams
Newholm, North Yorkshire, U.K. January 2010

Distribution

Breeds in Russia from just west of the Uran to eastern Siberia, winters to Caucasus, India and China. Vagrants to most of the Western Palearctic, mainly in winter.

Taxonomy

Black-throated Thrush is monotypic[2].

It has until recently been treated as a subspecies under Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis.

Habitat

Mixed and coniferous forests for breeding, more open areas in winter including in gardens.

Behaviour

Will eat apples on the ground when occurring as vagrant in western Europe.

References

  1. Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to October 2008 (Corrigenda 8). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
  2. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  3. Knox, A.G. et al. 2008. Taxonomic recommendations for British birds: Fifth report. Ibis, 150, 833–835
  4. Beaman, M., S. Madge, K.M. Olsen. 1998. Fuglene i Europa, Nordafrika og Mellemøsten. Copenhagen, Denmark: Gads Forlag, ISBN 87-12-02276-4
  5. Wikipedia

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