Grey-backed Thrush
A species of True thrushes Scientific name : Turdus hortulorum Genus : True thrushes
Grey-backed Thrush, A species of True thrushes
Botanical name: Turdus hortulorum
Genus: True thrushes
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Description
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.
Size
23 cm
Feeding Habits
Grey-backed Thrush consumes insects, snails, and fruit, typically foraging on the ground and scratching in leaf litter for food.
Habitat
Grey-backed Thrush is commonly found in a variety of forested environments including dense broadleaf evergreen forests and open deciduous woodlands, which may include sparse oak and pine-hornbeam stands. They also inhabit areas of bottomland vegetation near rivers and streams, as well as floodplain thickets and regions of secondary growth commonly found within low mountainous and hilly terrains.
Dite type
Omnivorous
General Info
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Photo By Charles Lam , used under CC-BY-SA-2.0 /Cropped and compressed from original
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Thrushes Genus
True thrushes Species
Grey-backed Thrush