Family:
The Siberian thrush is a small, robust thrush with a long body, and square tail similar in size to a song thrush. The male has dark slate-grey upperparts and underparts with a white lower belly and flanks. There are broad black and white bands on the underwing, and white tips on the tail feathers. On the head, there is a prominent, curved white eyebrow. The bill is brown and the legs and feet are pink.
The female has brown upperparts and paler underparts with a brown scaly pattern. The stripe above the eye is buff, and the cheeks are dark.
It is a secretive bird, rarely leaving dense cover although the male will often sing from high perches, giving a series of throaty, two-note whistles.
Try our interactive bird identifier
Siberian thrushes are omnivorous and eat a variety of insects, earthworms, and berries.
During breeding season, Siberian thrushes are found in eastern Asia in the undergrowth of damp, mid-elevation forests. It migrates to south eastern Asia for the winter to hills and montane forests.
