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The grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It breeds in northeastern China and the Russian Far East and winters in southern China and northern Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. A captive bred pair laid five eggs, which hatched 14 days after the first egg was laid. The young left the nest 12 days later.
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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. hortulorum
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| Turdus hortulorum Sclater, PL, 1863
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Description
editThe grey-backed thrush is a medium-sized Passerine. It is a sexually-dimorphic species, with males having a slate grey back and chest and white chin and belly, with rufous flanks.[2] Females have grey or brown backs, with dark spots on the chest and similar plumage to males on the belly and flanks.[2]
These birds are 20-23 cm long, and weigh a mean 66.7 g (range: 61-69 g).[2][3]
Habitat
editThe grey-backed thrush primarily nests and forages in deciduous or evergreen forests with rolling terrain, rarely venturing above 1100 m in elevation.[4] They eat both fruit and insects.[5]
Conservation
editThe grey-backed thrush is currently listed as a species of Least Concern by the IUCN.[6]
References
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- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Turdus hortulorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22708753A132075192. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22708753A132075192.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Collar, Nigel; De Juana, Eduardo (2020). "Gray-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum)". In Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi; Christie, David; De Juana, Eduardo (eds.). Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.gybthr1.01.
- ^ Dunning, Jr., John B. (2008). CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses (2nd ed.). CRC Press. p. 360. ISBN 978-1-4200-6444-5.
- ^ Zhou, Daqing; Zhou, Chunfa; Kong, Xiangkun; Deng, Wenhong (2011). "Nest-site selection and nesting success of grey-backed thrushes in northeast China". The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 123 (3): 492–501. doi:10.1676/10-110.1.
- ^ Corlett, Richard T. (1998). "Frugivory and seed dispersal by birds in Hong Kong shrubland" (PDF). Forktail. 13.
- ^ BirdLife International. 2018. Turdus hortulorum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22708753A132075192. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22708753A132075192.en. Accessed on 01 October 2024.
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