Orange-headed Thrush

Scientific Name: Zoothera citrine
Common Name: Orange-headed Thrush 

Identifying Features: orange head and underparts, grey upperparts, females have browner upper parts, brown legs and feet, white undertail coverts

Fun Facts:

  • The orange-headed thrush is a shy, secretive bird usually occurring alone or in pairs.
  • Feeds on the ground in dense undergrowth or other thick cover. It is most active at dawn and dusk, probing the leaf litter for insect and their larvae, spiders, other invertebrates and fruit.

 

This image was clicked by Koshy Koshy – via Flickr.

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