Thrushes (Turdidae)
Japanese Thrush (Turdus cardis) - HBW 10, p. 642
French: Merle du Japon
German: Scheckendrossel
Spanish: Zorzal Japonés
Other common names: Grey/Japanese Grey Thrush
Taxonomy: Turdus cardis Temminck, 1831, Japan.
Chinese birds previously separated as race lateus, reportedly having sharper division between jet-black nape and slaty-black mantle, more uniformly dark flanks and brownish legs, but characters apparently variable. Monotypic.
Distribution: CE China and Japan; non-breeding N Indochina and SE China.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female on a rock, looking around. Locality Chestnut Lodge private collection, Surrey, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 May 2009 1 year ago 21 sec 3 -
Adult male on ground. Locality Nanhui District, Shanghai, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 20 April 2008 3 years ago 19 sec 3 -
Adult male on barb wire fence, then flies off. Locality Nanhui District, Shanghai, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 20 April 2008 3 years ago 12 sec 1.5
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Male, taken at Yehliu, Taipei County.
Locality Taiwan
alder 19 November 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Adult male.
Locality England, Great Britain
Tomasz Doroń 19 May 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 2.5
- No sound recordings available yet
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