Tickell's Thrush (Turdus unicolor)
About the Tickell's Thrush
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. The name commemorates the British ornithologist Samuel Tickell who collected in India and Burma. It is a small thrush, 21–25 cm (8.3–9.8 in) long and weighing 57–75 g (2.0–2.6 oz), similar in size to redwing or eyebrowed thrush and distinctly smaller than Indian blackbird. Males have uniform blue-grey upperparts, a whitish belly and vent, while females and young birds have browner upperparts. 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 in the Indian blackbird.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 27 recordings for this species: 18 CC BY-NC-ND · 7 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in India, Nepal in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicusrecording
- American RobinTurdus migratoriusrecording
- Andean Slaty ThrushTurdus nigricepsrecording
- Austral ThrushTurdus falcklandiirecording
- Black-billed ThrushTurdus ignobilisrecording
- Chestnut-bellied ThrushTurdus fulviventrisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.