Black-breasted Thrush (Turdus dissimilis)

Other Names (World)
Black-breasted Thrush, White's Thrush, Grey-backed Thrush(!), Gray-backed Thrush(!)

Family
Turdidae (Thrushes)

Size
23 - 23.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Blyth, 1847

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,200 - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh (NB), China (mainland) (B), India (B), Laos, Myanmar (B), Thailand (NB), Vietnam (B).

North-eastern India, Myanmar and southern China (Yunnan and western Sichuan east to Guizhou and Guangxi). Non-breeding also Bangladesh, northern Thailand and northern Indochina.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Mostly silent. A thin 'seep' in contact and at the nest. A high-pitched, staccato 'chi-lit' in alarm. Song, by males, either a two prolonged, descending whistles 'wheeer-dooo' or the same notes broken up and extended into a series of far-carrying whistled trills, often upslurred.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (34)...)

Black-breasted Thrush (Turdus dissimilis) [XC821495]
by Bo Shunqi\u8584\u987a\u5947 from Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming, Yunnan, China (alarm call, call)

Black-breasted Thrush (Turdus dissimilis) [XC21865]
by Timo Janhonen from Khonoma Village, Nagaland, India (song)

Eggs (Guide)
2 or 3; variously pale green, flecked and blotched with red-brown; oblong-oval; about 34 x 23 mm.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Has been thought to form a superspecies with Tickell's Thrush (Turdus unicolor) and Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum). Formerly considered conspecific with Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum).

References
See References.

The Reader's Digest Book of British Birds 1980, 3rd Edition, Drive Publications Ltd ISBN 0 340 25308 8
Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7

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