Passeriformes / Turdidae / Turdus
Red-throated Thrush
Turdus ruficollis · 赤颈鸫
Introduction
A passerine bird in the thrush family, sometimes regarded as a subspecies of the dark-throated thrush but increasingly treated as a separate species. It is a migratory Palearctic species.
Description
A large thrush with a plain grey back and reddish underwings. The adult male has a red throat. Females and young birds lack the red bib but have black-streaked underparts.
Distribution & Habitat
Breeds in East Siberia to North Manchuria. Winters in West China, Myanmar, and Northeast India. Its range overlaps with the more westerly-breeding black-throated thrush. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae
- Genus
- Turdus
Distribution
breeds eastern Siberia to northern Manchuria; winters to western China, Myanmar, and northeastern India
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.
