Dusky or Naumann's Thrush in Qinghai? (1 Viewer)

[PhilSteiner]

This was taken in November 2017 on the banks of the Yellow River in Qinghai, China. I IDed it as a Dusky Thrush at the time, but on eBird it's still listed among my unconfirmed records. Did I get it wrong?

 

[KenM]

I’d have thought a hybrid of the two Phil?

Cheers

 

[Xenospiza]

I basically agree with Ken. Some kind of intermediate, maybe a bit more Dusky than Naumann's.

 

[MacNara]

I think it is simply a Dusky Thrush. Naumann's Thrush would have red chevrons on the chest. I think that the reddish cast on Phil Steiner's bird is a partial artefact - is that stuff in the river in the background really that red, and if so what is it?

Photos 1 and 2: versions of the OP's bird with the red turned down especially in 2 - photo 2 looks like a regular Dusky.

Photo 3: an actual Naumann's taken by me in Japan.