Pale-eyed Thrush
Turdus leucops
The pale-eyed thrush is 19.5 to 23.5 cm (7.7 to 9.3 in) long and weighs 54 to 80 g (1.9 to 2.8 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males are almost entirely glossy bluish black with sometimes some white on the chin. They have a bluish white iris and sometimes a pale yellow-orange eye-ring, a bright yellow to orange bill, and bright yellow to orange legs and feet that match the bill. Adult females have mostly olive-brown upperparts. They have faint buff-yellow streaks on the ear coverts and sometimes yellowish buff edges on the primaries. Voice: The pale-eyed thrush's song is a "disjointed, choppy but fine series of short phrases, many high and thin, usually with long pauses, wheero-weet, chup-e, ez-t, e-ta, ti’t, eez, cheur-ez-weet, ééskee, weewee…". Its calls include fragments from its song, "usually wheero-weet", a "high ringing ti-seee", "a descending seeee", and "a rising pit-tsee´ e´ é".
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Tickell's Thrush
Turdus unicolor
It is a small thrush, 21–25 cm (8.3–9.8 in) long and weighing 57–75 g (2.0–2.6 oz), similar in size to redwing or eyebrowed thrush and distinctly smaller than Indian blackbird. Males have uniform blue-grey upperparts, a whitish belly and vent, while females and young birds have browner upperparts. Adults have yellow beak and legs, while it may be darker in juveniles. There is a yellow eye-ring, which is thinner and fainter than in the Indian blackbird.
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