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 LC    Chinese Blackbird* Id (Atlas):
    Turdus mandarinus

Description (10)
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Family
Turdidae (Thrushes)

Size
28 - 29 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bonaparte, 1850

Range (Guide)
Eastern China (eastern from eastern Sichuan and Guizhou). Non-breeding southern China, Hainan and northern Indochina.
 
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (143)...)

 
Chinese Blackbird (Turdus mandarinus) [XC820940]
     by Geoff Carey from Pak Sha O, Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong, China (call)

 
Chinese Blackbird (Turdus mandarinus) [XC804454]
     by Bo Shunqi \u8584\u987a\u5947 from Outer Ring Forest Belt, Minhang, Shanghai, China (song)

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • sowerbyi Deignan, 1951   -  Central China (Gansu south to western Sichuan). Non-breeding southern China and northern Indochina.
  • mandarinus Bonaparte, 1850   -  Eastern China (eastern from eastern Sichuan and Guizhou). Non-breeding southern China, Hainan and northern Indochina.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Chinese Blackbird (Turdus mandarinus) - 10 files


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