About the Black-throated Thrush
The black-throated thrush is a passerine bird in the thrush family. It is sometimes regarded as one subspecies of a polytypic species, "dark-throated thrush", red-throated thrush then being the other subspecies. More recent treatments regard the two as separate species.
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This is a large and distinctive thrush. The male has black from the chin to the breast with a greyish black tail. The upperparts are grey and the underparts are whitish with orange-red underwing coverts. Females and immatures are similar but the black on the throat and breast is replaced with dusky streaking.
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Where the Black-throated Thrush lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Finland, Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Belgium, Austria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Thailand.
When to see the Black-throated Thrush
Peak activity in February · a winter visitor species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Grey-winged BlackbirdTurdus boulboulThe grey-winged blackbird is a species of Turdus in the thrush family, found at in the mountains of southern and eastern Asia from the Himalayas to northern Vietnam.
Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurusThis is an attractive thrush, with a grey back and head, the latter having a black eyeline, bordered white above and below.
Sooty ThrushTurdus nigrescensThe sooty thrush is 24 to 25.5 cm (9.4 to 10 in) long and weighs about 96 g (3.4 oz).
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