Pale Thrush vs Rufous-backed Thrush

Pale Thrush

Turdus pallidus

Medium72 gForest

It is 23 cm long. The feet are pale pinkish-brown and the bill is grey above and yellow below. The male is brown above with a blue-grey head and throat. The underparts are pale brown, darker on the flanks and whitish on the belly and undertail-coverts. The flight feathers of the wing are dark grey and the underwing-coverts are grey or white. The tail is dark grey with white tips to the outer feathers. The female is similar to the male but duller with a browner head and pale throat. It has harsh chuck-chuck and see-ip calls and a bubbling alarm call.

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Recorded by Mary(Bomi) · Call · Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea · CC BY 4.0

Photo: yamatsu · CC0

Rufous-backed Thrush

Turdus rufopalliatus

Medium75 gShrubland

The rufous-backed thrush is similar in size and shape to the American robin (T. migratorius). It is 21.5 to 25.5 cm (8.5 to 10 in) long and weighs 72 to 85 g (2.5 to 3.0 oz). It has a wingspan of about 40 cm (16 in). The sexes have similar plumage though females are overall duller than males. Adults of the nominate subspecies T. r. rufopalliatus have a pale gray head with black lores and a yellow eye-ring. Their mantle, wings, and tail are pale gray. Their back and scapulars are dull chestnut with a gray wash. Their throat and the sides of their neck are white with dark streaks. Voice: The rufous-backed thrush's song is "a leisurely rich warbling includes 2-3x repetition of some phrases". Other vocalizations include a "plaintive, mellow, drawn-out whistle, cheeoo or teeeuu, a fairly hard clucking chuk chuk chuk... or chok..., and a high, thin ssi or ssit, mostly in flight".

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Photo: datadan · CC BY 4.0

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