Grey-backed thrush

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Grey-backed thrush
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Turdus
Species:
T. hortulorum
Binomial name
Turdus hortulorum

The grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It breeds in northeastern China and the Russian Far East and winters in southern China and northern Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. A captive bred pair laid five eggs, which hatched 14 days after the first egg was laid. The young left the nest 12 days later.

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Description

The grey-backed thrush is a medium-sized Passerine. It is a sexually-dimorphic species, with males having a slate grey back and chest and white chin and belly, with rufous flanks. [2] Females have grey or brown backs, with dark spots on the chest and similar plumage to males on the belly and flanks. [2]

These birds are 20-23 cm long, and weigh a mean 66.7 g (range: 61-69 g). [2] [3]

Habitat

The grey-backed thrush primarily nests and forages in deciduous or evergreen forests with rolling terrain, rarely venturing above 1100 m in elevation. [4] They eat both fruit and insects. [5]

Conservation

The grey-backed thrush is currently listed as a species of Least Concern by the IUCN. [6]

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References

Egg, Collection Museum Wiesbaden Turdus hortulorum MWNH 1788.JPG
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