Chinese Thrush - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by china guy
Wanglang, North Sichuan, China, August 2009

Turdus mupinensis

Otocichla mupinensis

Identification

• Mid brown upperparts
• Whitish-brown spotted underparts
• Greyish-white cheeks
• Dark iris
• Light grey bill

Distribution

Asia: western China (breeding endemic (southern Gansu to Shaanxi, Hubei, Sichuan and north-western Yunnan)), Tibet and Inner Mongolia
Southeast Asia: Indochina, and Vietnam

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Forests and moist montanes.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Chinese Thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chinese_Thrush

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