Thrushes (Turdidae)
Orange-headed Thrush (Zoothera citrina) - HBW 10, p. 687
French: Grive à tête orange
German: Damadrossel
Spanish: Zorzal Citrino
Other common names: Orange-headed Ground Thrush; White-throated Thrush (andamanensis, albogularis)
Taxonomy: Turdus citrinus Latham, 1790, Cachar, India.
Geographical variation difficult to interpret, as both migratory and resident populations occur. Strong contrast in India between nominate race and cyanota suggests separate species, but overlap and “leapfrog pattern” of key characters between races renders new arrangement problematic; dark-barred face pattern of some races appears to be present in all juvenile plumages. Proposed race orientis (from E Java) based on longer wing, but not considered distinct from rubecula; putative race amadoni (from Chanda, in C India) appears indistinguishable from cyanota.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Turdus citrinus Latham, 1790, Cachar, India.
Geographical variation difficult to interpret, as both migratory and resident populations occur. Strong contrast in India between nominate race and cyanota suggests separate species, but overlap and “leapfrog pattern” of key characters between races renders new arrangement problematic; dark-barred face pattern of some races appears to be present in all juvenile plumages. Proposed race orientis (from E Java) based on longer wing, but not considered distinct from rubecula; putative race amadoni (from Chanda, in C India) appears indistinguishable from cyanota. Eleven subspecies recognized.
Geographical variation difficult to interpret, as both migratory and resident populations occur. Strong contrast in India between nominate race and cyanota suggests separate species, but overlap and “leapfrog pattern” of key characters between races renders new arrangement problematic; dark-barred face pattern of some races appears to be present in all juvenile plumages. Proposed race orientis (from E Java) based on longer wing, but not considered distinct from rubecula; putative race amadoni (from Chanda, in C India) appears indistinguishable from cyanota. Eleven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- citrina (Latham, 1790) - Himalayas E to NE India and W & N Myanmar; non-breeding S India and Sri Lanka.
- cyanota (Jardine & Selby, 1828) - C & S India.
- gibsonhilli (Deignan, 1950) - C & SE Myanmar, SW Thailand; non-breeding Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.
- citrina (Latham, 1790) - Himalayas E to NE India and W & N Myanmar; non-breeding S India and Sri Lanka.
- cyanota (Jardine & Selby, 1828) - C & S India.
- gibsonhilli (Deignan, 1950) - C & SE Myanmar, SW Thailand; non-breeding Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.
- innotata (Blyth, 1846) - S China (S Yunnan), E Myanmar, N & SE Thailand, NW & S Indochina; non-breeding Peninsular Malaysia.
- melli (Stresemann, 1923) - S China.
- courtoisi (Hartert, 1919) - Anhui (E China).
- aurimacula (Hartert, 1910) - C Indochina and Hainan I.
- andamanensis (Walden, 1874) - Andaman Is.
- albogularis (Blyth, 1847) - Nicobar Is.
- aurata (Sharpe, 1888) - N Borneo (Mt Kinabalu and Mt Trus Madi, Crocker Range).
- rubecula (Gould, 1836) - Java and Bali.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A adult bird foraging around on the forrest floor. Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (ssp innotata)
Yoel Jimenez 7 February 2012 1 year ago 18 sec 4.7 -
perching Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (ssp innotata)
Daniêl Jimenez 1 January 2011 2 years ago 27 sec 4.6 -
A adult bird feeding on worms. Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (ssp innotata)
Yoel Jimenez 6 February 2012 1 year ago 45 sec 4.6 -
looking around Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (ssp innotata)
Daniêl Jimenez 1 January 2011 2 years ago 26 sec 4.6 -
A adult bird perched on one leg. Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (ssp innotata)
Yoel Jimenez 6 February 2012 1 year ago 43 sec 4.5 -
A bird foraging around. Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (ssp innotata)
Yoel Jimenez 6 February 2012 1 year ago 33 sec 4.5
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A male on a rock.
Locality Sri Phang-nga National Park, Phang Nga Province, Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp gibsonhilli)
p.supat 19 February 2012 1 year ago 4.5 -
Resting ..
Locality Sri Phang-nga National Park, Phang Nga Province, Southern Thailand, Thailand
wilsondring 24 February 2013 9 weeks ago 4.4 -
Foraging
Locality Victoria Park, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 2 December 2012 19 weeks ago 4.1 -
An adult male, very active in searching for food on the ground. It was found at a picnic area of a country park.
Locality Hong Kong
Pikhar_Ho 5 February 2011 2 years ago 4.1 -
A male bird calling from a perch...
Locality Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary, Narendrapur, South 24 Parganas District, West Bengal, India (ssp Citrina)
Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 25 April 2013 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
Orange-headed Thrush looking for insects on the ground
Locality Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary, Narendrapur, South 24 Parganas District, West Bengal, India
Agniva 22 December 2012 19 weeks ago 4
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Several calls of a male.
Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India
(ssp cyanota)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 3 years ago 4.3 -
Rattling alarm call Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain
(ssp ?)
Stuart Fisher 3 years ago 3
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