- Zoothera sibirica
Female bird, Photo taken: Genting Highlands (pump house area), Pahang, Malaysia.
Identification
24cm. Male - Slaty black plumage with white supercilium, centre of belly whitish, undertail coverts white with black bars. Female (in picture.) -Long buff supercilium curving around behind ear coverts. Shows black eyeline which contrasts with streaked ear coverts. Upper rufous brown, underparts buff with dark brown scales on breast and upper flanks. Tips of outer tail feathers whitish.
Distribution
Breeding in eastern Russia, Mongolia, northern China and Japan; wintering in south to eastern India, Myanmar, Southeast Asia to the Greater Sundas.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Forest, forest edge and wooded areas.
Behaviour
Usually solitary or in pairs, frequenting the ground storey where it usualy skulks in the undergrowth. Sometimes feeds in the open. Often feds in fruiting trees with other migrant thrushes.
