Sunday, July 5, 2015

Orange headed Thrush



Orange headed Thrush(Zoothera citrina)21-23 cm

A stunningly-coloured migrant from nothern India.Female differs from mail in having olive upper back, blue-grey in male,otherwise resembles male.A rare but regular winter visitor to the lowlands and lower hills.Solitary birds take up territory mostly close to human settlement.This can be home gardens in towns,Villages or in forests.Male has sweet,varied rather soft song which is somewhat reminiscent of sub-songs of Oriental Magpie-Robin(Copsychus saularis).Usually starts singing on and off from February,before it finally leaves around April.