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The white-throated thrush is 22 to 26.5 cm (8.7 to 10.4 in) long and weighs about 61 to 90 g (2.2 to 3.2 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies T. a. assimilis have a somewhat rusty brown head, upperparts, wings, tail. They have a yellow eye-ring. Their throat is white with dark brown streaks and a white crescent below it. Their breast is pale olive-brown that becomes whitish from the middle of the belly to the vent. Their undertail coverts are white. Voice: The white-throated thrush sings mostly between February and August and only seldom during the rest of the year. It sings throughout the morning and again in late afternoon, from a perch in the forest canopy. There is some variation among the subspecies' songs but in most cases they appear very similar; the variations have not been studied deeply. The outlier is T. a.
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When to see the White-throated Thrush
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-throated Thrush
The map shades 10 countries with regular records, and 1 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 States.
About the White-throated Thrush
The white-throated thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Mexico and Central America. It also has strayed to the southwestern United States. It previously was called the white-throated robin, a name also used for the Old World species Irania gutturalis.
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Easily confused with
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusThe dusky thrush is a member of the thrush family which breeds eastwards from central Siberia to Kamchatka wintering in Korea, Japan, South China and Myanmar.
Spectacled ThrushTurdus nudigenisThe spectacled thrush is 23–24 cm (9.1–9.4 in) long and weighs 60 g (2.1 oz).
Chinese BlackbirdTurdus mandarinusThe Chinese blackbird is a member of the thrush family Turdidae.
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