Siberian Thrush (Geokichla sibirica) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernRareInvertebratesForestCup nestMedium · 76 g

Siberian Thrush (Geokichla sibirica), photo 1 — Photo: (c) egorbirder, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Siberian Thrush (Geokichla sibirica), photo 2 — Photo: grishahasanov · CC BY 4.0

Siberian Thrush (Geokichla sibirica), photo 3 — Photo: wangqg · CC BY 4.0

Siberian Thrush (Geokichla sibirica), photo 4 — Photo: egorbirder · CC BY 4.0

Siberian Thrush (Geokichla sibirica), photo 5 — Photo: egorbirder · CC BY 4.0

Siberian Thrush (Geokichla sibirica), photo 6 — Photo: egorbirder · CC BY 4.0

Siberian Thrush (Geokichla sibirica), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Griha Hasanov, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Siberian Thrush (Geokichla sibirica), photo 8 — Photo: (c) ꦥꦤ꧀ꦗꦶꦒꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Siberian Thrush (Geokichla sibirica), photo 9 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Siberian Thrush (Geokichla sibirica), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Marco Chan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Siberian Thrush

The Siberian thrush is a member of the thrush family, Turdidae. The genus name Geokichla comes from Ancient Greek geo-, "ground-" and kikhle, " thrush". The specific sibirica is Latin for Siberia.

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Where it lives

Regular rangeRare visitor

China Malaysia Vietnam Singapore Japan Thailand Taiwan Indonesia Russia Hong Kong SAR China Mongolia South Korea Laos Macao SAR China Cambodia

Recorded as a rare visitor in United Kingdom, India, Norway, France, Sweden, Myanmar (Burma), Poland, Germany.

When to see it

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Peak activity in May · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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.

Orange Ground ThrushGeokichla gurneyiIts length is 21–23 cm (8.3–9.1 in).

Pied ThrushGeokichla wardiiMales of this 22 cm (8.7 in) thrush are conspicuously black and white.

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