Pied Thrush

Pied Thrush

Taxobox
name = Pied Thrush
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
status_ref=IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=23250|title=Zoothera wardii|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Turdidae
genus = "Zoothera"
species = "Z. wardii"
binomial = "Zoothera wardii"
binomial_authority = (Blyth, 1842)
The Pied Thrush ("Zoothera wardii") is an Asian thrush, a genus within the large thrush family Turdidae.

It breeds in the Himalayas. The Pied Thrush is entirely migratory, wintering mainly in Sri Lanka, with smaller numbers in south India.

This uncommon species breeds in the Himalayas between 1500 and 2500 m in thick woodland. The wintering areas are similar but include less well-wooded areas, and are generally at 750 to 1500 m altitude. The Pied Thrush, like many "Zoothera" thrushes, can be quite secretive, especially when breeding.

Perhaps the best place to see this difficult species is Victoria Park in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, where a number of birds gather by the stream early in the morning.

Pied Thrushes are omnivorous, but eat insects than fruit. They feed on the ground and are generally solitary, although they will form loose flocks in winter.

Males of this 22 cm thrush are stunning birds, black above with a long white supercilium, and white tips to the wing coverts, tertials, rump and tail. The underparts are white with black flank spots.the bill and legs are yellow. The song is a bulbul-like warble.

Females and young birds have the same basic pattern, but the black is replaced by dark brown, and the white by light brown. The underparts are scalier.

The neat deep cup nests are lined with grass and placed in a tree fork. 3-4 white or bluish eggs are laid.

The binomial commemorates S. N. Ward (1813-1897), a British colonial administrator in India from 1832 to 1863.

References

* "Birds of India" by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, ISBN 0-691-04910-6
* "Thrushes" by Clement and Hathaway, ISBN 0-7136-3940-7


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