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ForestCup nestSmall · 59 g
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Males of this 22 cm (8.7 in) thrush are conspicuously black and white. Mostly black on the upper parts it has a long white supercilium, and white tips to the wing coverts, tertials, rump and tail. The underparts are white with black flank spots the bill and legs are yellow. Females and young birds have the same basic pattern, but the black is replaced by dark brown, and the white by light brown. The markings on the underside are scalier. The third primary is the longest followed by the fourth with the second and fifth being nearly equal in length. The first primary is reduced.
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When to see the Pied Thrush
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Pied Thrush
The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Pied Thrush
The pied thrush is a member of the thrush family found in India and Sri Lanka. The males are conspicuously patterned in black and white while the females are olive brown and speckled. They breed in the central Himalayan forests and winter in the hill forests of southern India and Sri Lanka. Like many other thrushes, they forage on leaf litter below forest undergrowth and fly into trees when disturbed and sit still making them difficult to locate.
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Easily confused with
Spotted Ground ThrushGeokichla guttataThese birds are about 23 cm in length, with brown upper parts and white to off-white lower parts which are darkly spotted.
Orange Ground ThrushGeokichla gurneyiIts length is 21–23 cm (8.3–9.1 in).
Spot-winged ThrushGeokichla spilopteraAdults of this medium-sized thrush, which measures 21 to 23 cm (8.3 to 9.1 in) in total length and weighs 70 g (2.5 oz) are light brown above with a double wing bar of white spots.
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