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Grey-sided Thrush
Turdus feae (Salvadori, 1887)
≈24 cmLength71 gWeight
This medium-sized, warm brown thrush has a white supercilium and a white crescent below the eye.
Busiest months: February · Most records: Thailand, China, Myanmar (Burma)
How to identify
Field marks
- White supercilium and a white crescent below the eye
- Male has a reddish-olive crown, ear-coverts and upperparts
- Male has gray underparts, becoming paler on belly and around vent
Male, female and young
Female has a white throat and whiter central breast and belly, with dark spots or streaks on the sides of the throat and upper breast.
Where and when it's recorded
Busiest months: February · Most records: Thailand, China, Myanmar (Burma)
Grey-sided Thrush has been recorded at 75 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 4 countries and regions.
Records by month Northern Hemisphere
To protect this bird from disturbance, we don't list exact sites.
Countries and regions with the most records
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.
Questions
How big is the Grey-sided Thrush?
The Grey-sided Thrush is about ≈24 cm long and weighs around 71 g.
Where does the Grey-sided Thrush live?
Its breeding range: Palearctic: northeastern China. It is most often recorded in Thailand, China and Myanmar (Burma).
When is the best time to see the Grey-sided Thrush?
At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in February (Northern Hemisphere).
Is the Grey-sided Thrush endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Grey-sided Thrush as Vulnerable.
What does the Grey-sided Thrush eat?
Main food: Omnivore.
What family is the Grey-sided Thrush in?
It belongs to the family Thrushes (Turdidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).
At a glance
- Length
- ≈24 cm
- Weight
- 71 g
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Lifestyle
- Varied
- Migration
- Migratory
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
More measurements
- Wing
- 125 mm
- Tail
- 92 mm
- Bill
- 23 mm
- Tarsus
- 30 mm
Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.
Range
Palearctic: northeastern China
Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2
Classification
- Order
- Passerines Passeriformes
- Family
- Thrushes Turdidae
- Genus
- Turdus
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Groundscraper ThrushTurdus litsitsirupa
Chinese ThrushTurdus mupinensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
African ThrushTurdus pelios
Principe ThrushTurdus xanthorhynchus
Sao Tome ThrushTurdus olivaceofuscus
Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
Taita ThrushTurdus helleri
Usambara ThrushTurdus roehli
Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus
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