Chestnut thrush
Species of bird
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The chestnut thrush (Turdus rubrocanus) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It breeds in the western Himalayas and central/southwestern China; it winters in Eastern Himalaya and northern Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
| Chestnut thrush | |
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| Male (♂) from Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, West Sikkim, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Turdus |
| Species: | T. rubrocanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Turdus rubrocanus | |
It is socially monogamous, but extra-pair partners are common.[3] It exhibits sexual dichromatism, a form of sexual dimorphism in which males and females have different plumage colors. However, this difference is typically not noticeable to human observers.[4]
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Illustration by J. Hüet (1873)
