Tickell's thrush (Turdus unicolor) is a passerine bird in the thrush family Turdidae. It is common in open forest in the Himalayas, and migrates seasonally into peninsular India, Nepal and rarely to Bangladesh.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Turdus |
| Species: | T. unicolor
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| Turdus unicolor Tickell, 1833
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The name commemorates the British ornithologist Samuel Tickell who collected in India and Burma.[2]
Characteristics
editMales of the Tickell's thrush have uniform blue-grey upperparts, a whitish belly and vent. Adults have yellow beak and legs while it may be darker in juveniles. There is a yellow eye-ring which is thinner and fainter than the Indian black bird which is usually bigger in size. Females and young birds have browner upperparts.[3]
Behaviour and ecology
editTickell's thrush builds nests from April to June using mostly dry grass.[4]
Distribution and habitat
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Populations move further south in India and Nepal in winter.[5]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Turdus unicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22708756A155630171. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708756A155630171.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M. (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 338–339.
- ^ "Tickell's Thrush". eBird. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ Ganai, G.R.; Fazili, M.F.; Bhat, B.A.; Ahanger, F.A.; Bashir, M.; Khanday, A.L. (2018). "Aspects of breeding of Tickell's Thrush (Turdus unicolor Tickell, 1833) in Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir, India" (PDF). Journal of Himalayan Ecological Sustainable Development. 13: 134–140.
- ^ "Tickell's Thrush". Nature Web. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
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