Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum) | Photos and ID

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Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum), photo 1 — Photo: Aiken Lau · CC0

Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum), photo 2 — Photo: Aiken Lau · CC0

Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum), photo 3 — Photo: Kalvin Chan · CC BY 4.0

Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum), photo 4 — Photo: Jason Alexander · CC BY 4.0

Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Kim, Hyun-tae, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum), photo 6 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum), photo 7 — Photo: (c) 김재원, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Toby Y, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Toby Y, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Jiao Sun (孙娇), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

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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When to see the Grey-backed Thrush

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Grey-backed Thrush

Regular range

The map shades 11 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

South Korea China Hong Kong SAR China Taiwan Russia Macao SAR China Vietnam Japan Thailand North Korea Mongolia

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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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.

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

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