Brown-headed Thrush
Turdus chrysolaus
赤胸鸫
IUCN: Least Concern
Found in China
Distribution & Habitat
This species breeds in Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, and Japan. It migrates south for the winter, reaching the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Hainan, and the northern Philippines. Its natural habitat consists of temperate forests.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae
- Genus
- Turdus
- eBird Code
- brhthr1
Vocalizations
Rajan Rao · CC_BY_4_0
WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC_BY_4_0
ITÔ, Hiroki · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (2)
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Turdus chrysolaus chrysolaus
breeds Sakhalin Island (Russia) to northern Japan; winters to southern China and Philippines
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Turdus chrysolaus orii
breeds Kuril Islands; winters to main Japanese islands and Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan)
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.