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Spot-winged Thrush

Geokichla spiloptera

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicInvertebratesForestCup nestMedium · 70 g
Spot-winged Thrush (Geokichla spiloptera), photo 1
Photo: Mickey Wu · CC BY 4.0
Spot-winged Thrush (Geokichla spiloptera), photo 2
Photo: Mickey Wu · CC BY 4.0
Spot-winged Thrush (Geokichla spiloptera), photo 3
Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0
Spot-winged Thrush (Geokichla spiloptera), photo 4
Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0
Spot-winged Thrush (Geokichla spiloptera), photo 5
Photo: Mickey Wu · CC BY 4.0
Spot-winged Thrush (Geokichla spiloptera), photo 6
Photo: Mickey Wu · CC BY 4.0
Spot-winged Thrush (Geokichla spiloptera), photo 7
Photo: Mickey Wu · CC BY 4.0
Spot-winged Thrush (Geokichla spiloptera), photo 8
Photo: Mickey Wu · CC BY 4.0
Spot-winged Thrush (Geokichla spiloptera), photo 9
Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0
Spot-winged Thrush (Geokichla spiloptera), photo 10
Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0

ID tip

Adults 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. The pale face has two dark bars. The underparts are white with heavy spotting. The bill is black and legs are yellow. The song is a rich and varied whistling. Young birds have buff streaking on the upperparts, and the face and the underparts are light brown with heavy streaking.

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When to see the Spot-winged Thrush

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Spot-winged Thrush

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Sri Lanka

About the Spot-winged Thrush

The spot-winged thrush is an Asian thrush, a group within the large thrush family Turdidae. It is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Orange Ground Thrush (Geokichla gurneyi) Orange Ground ThrushGeokichla gurneyiIts length is 21–23 cm (8.3–9.1 in). Siberian Thrush (Geokichla sibirica) Siberian ThrushGeokichla sibiricaThe Siberian thrush is a member of the thrush family, Turdidae. Pied Thrush (Geokichla wardii) Pied ThrushGeokichla wardiiMales of this 22 cm (8.7 in) thrush are conspicuously black and white.

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