Scaly Thrush (Zoothera dauma)
About the Scaly Thrush
The scaly thrush (Zoothera dauma) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. It breeds in dense wet forests in the Himalayas east through southwestern China to northern Indochina, and with disjunct populations (but possibly separate species) on Iriomote Island off southern Japan, and on Sumatra and Java in Indonesia. The sexes are similar, 27–31 cm long, with black scaling on a paler white or yellowish background. The most striking identification feature in flight is the black band on the white underwings, a feature shared with most other species in the genus Zoothera, and also Siberian thrush in the genus Geokichla. The male has a song which is a loud, far-carrying mechanical whistle, with 5-10 second pauses between each one second long phrase twee.tuuu.tuuu.tuuu.
A real field recording of the Scaly Thrush. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in India, Indonesia, Taiwan (China) · xeno-canto lists 9 recordings for this species in total.
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- Amami ThrushZoothera majorprofile
- Bassian ThrushZoothera lunulataprofile
- Black-backed ThrushZoothera talaseaeprofile
- Dark-sided ThrushZoothera marginataprofile
- Everett's ThrushZoothera everettiprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.