Pale Thrush (Turdus pallidus) | Photos, Calls and ID

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ForestCup nestMedium · 72 g

Pale Thrush (Turdus pallidus), photo 8 — Photo: (c) mami_t_t, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Pale Thrush (Turdus pallidus), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Kim, Hyun-tae, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Pale Thrush (Turdus pallidus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Pale Thrush sounds like

Sonogram of the Pale Thrush: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

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

ID tip

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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When to see the Pale Thrush

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Pale Thrush

Regular range

The map shades 10 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

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

About the Pale Thrush

The pale thrush is a passerine bird of the eastern Palearctic belonging to the genus Turdus in the thrush family Turdidae. It is closely related to the eye-browed thrush and grey-backed thrush.

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Easily confused with

Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceusIt can reach a length of 24 cm (9.4 in) and a weight of at least 101 g (3.6 oz).

Rufous-backed ThrushTurdus rufopalliatusThe rufous-backed thrush is similar in size and shape to the American robin (T. migratorius).

Chinese BlackbirdTurdus mandarinusThe Chinese blackbird is a member of the thrush family Turdidae.

Side by side: Pale Thrush vs Rufous-backed Thrush · Olive Thrush vs Pale Thrush

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