Passeriformes / Turdidae / Turdus
Grey-sided Thrush
Turdus feae · 褐头鸫
Introduction
A species in the thrush family, Turdidae. It is migratory, breeding in mountains and wintering in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It forages on the ground for insects and berries, often associating with other thrush species.
Description
Medium-sized, warm-brown thrush with a white supercilium and crescent below the eye. The male has rufescent-olive upperparts, including the crown and ear-coverts, and grey underparts becoming paler on the belly and vent. The female has a white throat and whiter centre to the breast and belly, with some dark spots or streaks on the sides of the throat and upper breast and warm brownish fringes to the breast feathers.
Distribution & Habitat
Breeds in the mountains of north-east China. Migrates to subtropical or tropical moist montane forest in India and Indochina. Recently found in parts of Daman and Makwanpur, Nepal, and recorded as a vagrant in north-eastern Bangladesh.
Behavior & Ecology
Forages for insects and berries on the ground or less commonly in trees, often in the company of the eyebrowed thrush. Also thought to feed on nectar from the flowers of the shingle tree.
Conservation
Threatened by habitat loss and habitat fragmentation.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae
- Genus
- Turdus
Distribution
breeds mountains of northeastern China (Liaoning); winters to India and Myanmar
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.
