Tajikistan Black-throated or Red-throated or Naumann's Thrush? (1 Viewer)

[PhilSteiner]

This bird was photographed in Dushanbe within the last week. Black-throated Thrushes are very common here in winter, so that's the default. But I wanted to ask about the possibility of Naumann's, Red-throated, or a hybrid. It does seem rusty for Black-throated. The extensive rusty scaling is making me lean Naumann's. If it is, it would be the first recorded in Tajikistan on eBird and only the second in any Central Asian republic.

 

[dwatsonbirder]

Do you have any other images Phil, particular any showing the upper tail? I've precisely zero experience with Red/Black-throated/Naumann's, so can't offer any worthwhile opinion.

 

[PhilSteiner]

I've asked the guy who saw the bird and this is the only photo he got.

 

[Muppit17]

I have looked at this and tried to find other birds that match. The dark lores are a good indication of being BT or RT rather than Naumann's (although not as dark as adult birds) and to me the flanks are streaked rather than the scales I would expect on Naumann's.

I suspect the angle is confusing us a little, the malar stripe is black and the normal pattern of the chest is actually hidden. I found the attached image on Macaulay and I think that this shows that this bird is within the normal variation of BT.
ML319400831 - Black-throated Thrush - Macaulay Library

 

[PYRTLE]

For me, it isn't a Naumann's and most probably a B.T.

 

[JWN Andrewes]

Turdus lumpus?