About the Grey-backed Thrush
The grey-backed thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It breeds in northeastern China and the Russian Far East and winters in southern China and northern Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. A captive bred pair laid five eggs, which hatched 14 days after the first egg was laid. The young left the nest 12 days later.
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The grey-backed thrush is a medium-sized Passerine. It is a sexually-dimorphic species, with males having a slate grey back and chest and white chin and belly, with rufous flanks. Females have grey or brown backs, with dark spots on the chest and similar plumage to males on the belly and flanks. These birds are 20-23 cm long, and weigh a mean 66.7 g (range: 61-69 g).
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in April · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Rufous-collared ThrushTurdus rufitorquesThe rufous-collared thrush is 23 to 25.5 cm (9.1 to 10 in) long; three individuals weighed 70 to 74 g (2.5 to 2.6 oz).
Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurusThis is an attractive thrush, with a grey back and head, the latter having a black eyeline, bordered white above and below.
Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularisThis is a large and distinctive thrush.
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