Grey-sided Thrush
A species of True thrushes Scientific name : Turdus feae Genus : True thrushes
Grey-sided Thrush, A species of True thrushes
Botanical name: Turdus feae
Genus: True thrushes
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Photo By Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok 
Description
The grey-sided thrush is a 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, some dark spots or streaks on the sides of the throat and upper breast and warm brownish fringes to the breast feathers. 
Size
24 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Grey-sided Thrush consumes invertebrates, fruits, nectar, and seeds, particularly favoring insects and berries. Forages primarily on the ground and in trees, often in groups with T. obscurus during migration and winter. Juveniles have similar diets, indicated by stomach contents analysis.
Habitat
The habitat of grey-sided Thrush is characterized by temperate deciduous forests, notably composed of oak and pine trees, with a preference for dense areas interspersed with shrubbery. During the breeding season, these birds inhabit forested mountainous regions, while they winter in evergreen forests that can range from open to densely vegetated areas.
Dite type
Omnivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Behavior
The grey-sided thrush forages for insects and berries on the ground or less commonly in the trees, often in the company of the eyebrowed thrush (Turdus obscurus). It is also thought to feed on nectar from the flowers of the shingle tree (Acrocarpus fraxinifolius) It is threatened by habitat loss and habitat fragmentation.
Distribution Area
The species is migratory, breeding in the mountains of north-east China and migrating to subtropical or tropical moist montane forest in India, and Indochina. Lately it has also been found in parts of Daman, Makwanpur; Nepal and as a vagrant in north-eastern Bangladesh.
Photo By Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Thrushes Genus
True thrushes Species
Grey-sided Thrush 
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