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Grey-backed Thrush

Thrushes, Chats & Flycatchers

Photo: (c) Kim, Hyun-tae, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0

Turdus hortulorum

Basic stats

Diet

Fruit and insects

Habitat

Deciduous or evergreen forest with rolling terrain, rarely above 1,100 m

Range

Breeds in north-eastern China and the Russian Far East; winters in southern China and northern Vietnam

Size

20–23 cm; about 67 g

The grey-backed thrush breeds in north-eastern China and the Russian Far East and winters in southern China and northern Vietnam. It is a medium-sized thrush, 20–23 cm long with a mean weight of 66.7 g. It nests and forages mainly in deciduous or evergreen forest with rolling terrain, rarely above 1,100 m, and eats both fruit and insects. (Wikipedia, general species account)

Males have a slate-grey back and chest, a white chin and belly and rufous flanks, while females have grey or brown backs with dark spots on the chest. A captive pair laid five eggs that hatched 14 days after the first was laid, and the young left the nest 12 days later. (Wikipedia, general species account)

Quick answers

What does the Grey-backed Thrush eat?
Fruit and insects
What habitat does the Grey-backed Thrush live in?
Deciduous or evergreen forest with rolling terrain, rarely above 1,100 m
Where is the Grey-backed Thrush found?
Breeds in north-eastern China and the Russian Far East; winters in southern China and northern Vietnam
How big is the Grey-backed Thrush?
20–23 cm; about 67 g
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