Birds Thru My Eyes : MALAYSIA: Thrush; Eyebrowed

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Wednesday, 24 February 2016

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Turdidae (Thrushes)

Eyebrowed Thrush

Turdus obscurus

白眉鸫 (bái-méi dōng) / 灰头鸫 (huī-tóu dōng)

Malay : Murai-Belanda Bercelak Biasa

Japanese : マミチャジナイ (mami cha-jinai)

Kanji 日語漢字 : 眉茶shinai

Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 6,690,000km²

  Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 10,800,000km²
  Migratory Status : Full Migrant
  Breeding Endemic : No

Size : 21–23 cm; 61–117 g

Subspecies and Distribution

Monotypic. (J. F. Gmelin, 1789, “Sibiriae silvis, ultra lacum Baical” = Transbaikalia)

– C & E Siberia E to Kamchatka, S to N Mongolia, Amurland and Sakhalin; non-breeding NE Indian Subcontinent E to Taiwan, S to Greater Sundas and Philippines.