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ForestCup nestMedium · 134 g
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The sexes are similar, 27–31 cm long, with black scaling on a paler white or yellowish background. The most striking identification feature in flight is the black band on the white underwings, a feature shared with Siberian thrush. The male has a song which is a loud, far-carrying mechanical whistle, with 5–10 second pauses between each one second long phrase twee...tuuu....tuuu....tuuu. It was previously considered a subspecies of the scaly thrush.
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When to see the White's 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 White's Thrush
The map shades 18 countries with regular records, and 12 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United Kingdom, Belgium, Norway, France, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, North Korea, Germany, India, Sri Lanka, Iceland.
About the White's Thrush
White's thrush is a member of the thrush family, Turdidae. It was named after the English naturalist Gilbert White. The genus name Zoothera comes from the Ancient Greek zoon, "animal" and theras, "hunter". The specific aurea is from Latin aureus, "golden".
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Easily confused with
Russet-tailed ThrushZoothera heineiThe russet-tailed thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, closely related to the more widespread Bassian thrush.
Scaly ThrushZoothera daumaThe sexes are similar, 27–31 cm long, with black scaling on a paler white or yellowish background.
Alpine ThrushZoothera mollissimaThe alpine thrush is a species of bird in the thrush family.
Side by side: Scaly Thrush vs White's Thrush
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