Biology:Chestnut thrush

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Short description: Species of bird

Chestnut thrush
Male (♂) from Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, West Sikkim, India
Scientific classification edit
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]

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.

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]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Turdus rubrocanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708783A94176472.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22708783/94176472. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Dickinson, E. C.; M. Walters (2006). "Systematic notes on Asian birds. 56. The authorship and date of Turdus rubrocanus". Zoologische Mededelingen 80. http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/80/nr05/a10. Retrieved 2010-04-24. 
  3. Liu, Huan; Fang, Yun; Lou, Yingqiang; Sun, Yuehua (2023). "A high level of extra-pair paternity in the Chestnut Thrush (Turdus rubrocanus)". Avian Research 14. doi:10.1016/j.avrs.2023.100135. ISSN 2053-7166. Bibcode2023AvRes..1400135L. 
  4. Lou, Yingqiang; Chen, Lijun; Zhao, Qingshan; Møller, Anders Pape; Fang, Yun; Sun, Yuehua (2022). "Sexual dichromatism and assortative mating by multiple plumage color traits in wild Chestnut Thrush". Avian Research 13. doi:10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100033. ISSN 2053-7166. Bibcode2022AvRes..1300033L. 

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