Black-breasted Thrush

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male has a black head, nape and breast
2. Rest of male’s upperparts slate-gray
3. Female is gray-brown from eye to tail
4. Female is pale yellowish-brown from throat to breast

Male, female and young

Male has a black head, nape and breast and otherwise slate-gray upperparts; female is gray-brown from eye to tail and pale yellowish-brown from throat to breast.

Voice

Calls are described as “sweet and soft” and “melodious”, with 3–8 notes in a phrase.

Where and when it's recorded

Black-breasted Thrush has been recorded at 157 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 6 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Angkhang Royal Agricultural StationThailand645 records
2. Baihualing [General Area]China474 records
3. Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi AngkhangThailand398 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ChinaThailandIndiaVietnamBangladeshMyanmar (Burma)

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The black-breasted thrush (Turdus dissimilis) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found from north-eastern India to northern Vietnam. Thus, the bird's common name refers to the colour of the male bird's breast.

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