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Orange headed Thrush

Zoothera citrina

Description:

It is common in well-wooded areas of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Most populations are resident. The species shows a preference for shady damp areas, and like many Zoothera thrushes, can be quite secretive. The Orange-headed Thrush is omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects, earthworms and fruit. It nests in trees but does not form flocks. The male of this small thrush has uniform grey upperparts, and an orange head and underparts. The females and young birds have browner upper parts.

Habitat:

The Orange-headed Thrush breeds in the much of the Indian Subcontinent, including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and parts of Tibet, and through Southeast Asia to Java. Its habitat is moist broadleaved evergreen woodlands, with a medium-density undergrowth of bushes and ferns, but it also utilises bamboo forests and secondary growth. Z. c. cyanotus also occurs in large gardens and orchards.

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4 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Shri.. This your race of this specie and it nice male.. nicely spotted... these birds are very active....
http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php...

Kat Lester
Kat Lester 12 years ago

Wow

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Beautiful!!

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

nice,

shrikalk
Spotted by
shrikalk

Murwara, India

Spotted on May 1, 2012
Submitted on May 30, 2012

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