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Tickell's Thrush

Tickell's Thrush
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Turdidae
Genus:Turdus
Species:unicolor
Binomial name
Turdus unicolor

Tickell's Thrush (Turdus unicolor) is a passerine bird in the thrush family Turdidae.

It is common in open forest in the Himalaya. Populations move further south in India in winter.

Tickell's Thrushes are omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects, worms and berries. They nest in bushes or similar. They do not form flocks.

Males of this small thrush have uniform blue-grey upperparts, and a whitish belly and vent. Females and young birds have browner upperparts.