Eyebrowed Thrush

Turdus obscurusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Thrushes (Turdidae)

Breeding Location:

Taiga, Forests

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Rare to casual

Egg Color:

Gray to blue green with red brown markings

Number of Eggs:

5 - 6

Incubation Days:

13 - 15

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Rootlets, grass, sticks, bark., Lined with soil and grasses.

Migration:

Migratory

Overview

Eyebrowed Thrush: Medium, robin-like thrush, gray back and head, orange-brown breast and flanks, white belly and undertail coverts. Black eye line with white borders above and below is conspicuous. Yellow bill with dark culmen. Strong, direct and fast flight on rapidly beating wings.

Range and Habitat

Eyebrowed Thrush: Breeds in dense coniferous forests and taiga eastwards from Siberia; winters south to southeast Asia and Indonesia; rare vagrant to western Europe. Rare to casual in North America, but a regular visitor each spring in western Aleutians.

Breeding and Nesting

Eyebrowed Thrush: Five to six gray to blue green eggs with red brown markings are laid in a nest made of rootlets, grass, sticks, and bark, lined with soil and grass, and built in a tree fork from 3 to 15 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 13 to 15 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Eyebrowed Thrush: Eats insects, earthworms, berries, and fruits. Forages on the ground beneath tall trees, hopping and stopping to jab vigorously at the ground or to pick up food; also gleans food from branches and foliage.

Readily Eats

Raisins, Currants, Nut Meal

Vocalization

Eyebrowed Thrush: Song is a simple whistling. Call is a high-pitched, drawling "dzee."

Similar Species

Eyebrowed Thrush: American Robin is larger, has broken white eye-ring, black streaked white throat, dark gray-brown upperparts, and brown-black tail with white tipped corners.

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Eyebrowed Thrush

● Song: "dzee"

● Foraging & Feeding: Eyebrowed Thrush: Eats insects, earthworms, berries, and fruits. Forages on the ground beneath tall trees, hopping and stopping to jab vigorously at the ground or to pick up food; also gleans food from branches and foliage.

● Breeding & nesting: Eyebrowed Thrush: Five to six gray to blue green eggs with red brown markings are laid in a nest made of rootlets, grass, sticks, and bark, lined with soil and grass, and built in a tree fork from 3 to 15 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 13 to 15 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Eyebrowed Thrush: American Robin is larger, has broken white eye-ring, black streaked white throat, dark gray-brown upperparts, and brown-black tail with white tipped corners.

Flight Pattern

Swift strong direct flight on rapidly beating wings.

Eyebrowed Thrush Breeding Male Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: Eyebrowed Thrush: Breeds in dense coniferous forests and taiga eastwards from Siberia; winters south to southeast Asia and Indonesia; rare vagrant to western Europe. Rare to casual in North America, but a regular visitor each spring in western Aleutians.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationRare to casual

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight2.2 Ounces

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