Scaly Thrush

How to identify

Field marks

1. Black scaling covering a white or pale yellow background
2. Black band across the white underwing in flight

Male, female and young

Sexes similar.

Voice

The male’s song is a loud, far-carrying, mechanical whistle, each phrase lasting about 1 second, with intervals of 5–10 seconds.

Similar species

White's Thrush

White's Thrush was formerly treated as a subspecies of this species but is now separate; it is a migrant from Siberia and northeastern Asia.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February · Most records: India, Nepal, Thailand

Scaly Thrush has been recorded at 203 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 11 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Angkhang Royal Agricultural StationThailand178 records
2. Nantou – Xitou Nature Education AreaTaiwan (China)153 records
3. Forest Research Institute (FRI), New Forest CampusIndia109 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaNepalThailandChinaIndonesiaVietnamBangladeshBhutan

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

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