Black crescents on upper parts and underparts. Black and white band under wing is distinctive in flight. Similar to Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus), but is larger and more boldly patterned.
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.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
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.
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BirdLife International Species Factsheet