Black throat

Black throat
	Black throat thrush ( Turdus atrogularis )
Systematics
Order :	Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination :	Songbirds (passeri)
Family :	Thrushes (Turdidae)
Subfamily :	Turdinae
Genre :	Real thrushes ( Turdus )
Type :	Black throat
Scientific name
	Turdus atrogularis
	Jarocki , 1819

Two year old female (left) and male (right)

The Black-throated thrush ( Turdus atrogularis ) is a songbird from the family of thrushes (Turdidae).

features

The bird measures 24–27 cm, weighs 54–110 g. The male is black on the head including throat and chest, gray on the upper side, tail gray-black, belly and flanks grayish. The beak is yellow, the legs gray.

Occurrence

The black throat thrush occurs in Eastern Europe from Russia to Siberia , in the south to Mongolia . Some of them overwinter as migratory birds on the Indian subcontinent .

behavior

It only breeds once, from May to July, in a large number of habitats, on the edge of clearings in coniferous forests, preferably on river banks.

Hazardous situation

The black throat thrush is not considered to be endangered ( Least Concern ).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Handbook of the Birds of the World
↑ Turdus atrogularis in the IUCN 2016-3 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: BirdLife International, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.

Web links

Commons : Black throat thrush ( Turdus atrogularis ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Videos, photos and sound recordings of Turdus atrogularis in the Internet Bird Collection

[HBW-1] Handbook of the Birds of the World

[2] Turdus atrogularis in the IUCN 2016-3 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: BirdLife International, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.