Chestnut thrush

The chestnut thrush (Turdus rubrocanus) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It breeds in the western Himalayas and central/southwestern China; it winters in Eastern Himalaya and northern Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

Chestnut thrush
Male (♂) from Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, West Sikkim, India
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Turdidae
Genus:	Turdus
Species:	T. rubrocanus
Binomial name
Turdus rubrocanus Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847[2]

It is socially monogamous, but extra-pair partners are common.^[3] It exhibits sexual dichromatism, a form of sexual dimorphism in which males and females have different plumage colors. However, this difference is typically not noticeable to human observers.^[4]

Gallery

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  From Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary in East Sikkim, Sikkim.
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  Illustration by J. Hüet (1873)