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Eyebrowed Thrush

Turdus obscurus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForestCup nestMedium · 63 g
Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus), photo 1
Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0
Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus), photo 2
Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0
Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus), photo 3
Photo: Gerard Chartier · CC BY 4.0
Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus), photo 4
Photo: Gerard Chartier · CC BY 4.0
Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus), photo 5
Photo: Kalvin Chan · CC BY 4.0
Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus), photo 6
Photo: Kalvin Chan · CC BY 4.0
Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus), photo 7
Photo: Jason Alexander · CC BY 4.0
Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus), photo 8
Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0
Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus), photo 9
Photo: Ian Dugdale (ian_dugdale) · CC BY 4.0
Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus), photo 10
Photo: Ian Dugdale (ian_dugdale) · CC BY 4.0

What the Eyebrowed Thrush sounds like

Sonogram of the Eyebrowed Thrush: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Jochem Verweij · Nocturnal flight call · Khurkh Bird Ringing Station, Биндэр, Хэнтий, Mongolia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

This is an attractive thrush, with a grey back and head, the latter having a black eyeline, bordered white above and below. The breast and flanks are orange, and the belly white. The sexes are fairly similar, but immatures have a browner back. The male has a simple whistling song, similar to the related mistle thrush.

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When to see the Eyebrowed Thrush

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Eyebrowed Thrush

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 26 countries with regular records, and 9 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Taiwan Thailand China Japan Philippines India Malaysia Hong Kong SAR China Mongolia South Korea Singapore Russia Vietnam Myanmar (Burma) Macao SAR China Cambodia Indonesia Israel Laos Sri Lanka Bhutan Italy Bangladesh Oman Nepal Brunei

Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, Australia, Netherlands, Finland, Norway, France.

About the Eyebrowed Thrush

The eyebrowed thrush is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. It breeds in dense coniferous forest and taiga eastwards from Siberia and Mongolia to Japan. It is strongly migratory, wintering south to China and Southeast Asia. It is a rare vagrant to western Europe.

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Easily confused with

Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis) Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularisThis is a large and distinctive thrush. Grey-winged Blackbird (Turdus boulboul) 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. Sooty Thrush (Turdus nigrescens) 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).

Side by side: Eyebrowed Thrush vs Rufous-collared Thrush · Eyebrowed Thrush vs Grey-backed Thrush · Black-throated Thrush vs Eyebrowed Thrush · Eyebrowed Thrush vs Sooty Thrush

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