Japanese Thrush (Turdus cardis)

Other Names (World)
Japanese Thrush, Grey Thrush, Gray Thrush, Japanese Grey Thrush, Japanese Gray Thrush

Family
Turdidae (Thrushes)

Size
21.50 - 22.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Temminck, 1831

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, temperate forest. From 400 - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland), Japan, Laos, North Korea, Russia (Asian), South Korea, Taiwan (China), Vietnam.

Vagrant to Thailand.

Central-eastern China and Japan. Non-breeding northern Indochina and south-eastern China.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (78)...)

Japanese Thrush (Turdus) [XC726486]
by from Pak Sha O, Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong, China (call, flight call)

Japanese Thrush (Turdus cardis) [XC285708]
by Okamoto Keita Sin from Karuizawa forest, Nagano Prefecture, Japan (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Chinese birds previously separated as subspecies lateus, reportedly having sharper division between jet-black nape and slaty-black mantle, more uniformly dark flanks and brownish legs, but characters apparently variable.

References
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