Scaly Thrush Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Zoothera monticola
Family : Turdidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : All kind of forests
Description : The Scaly Thrush is a passerine marked with prominent crescent-shaped scales (length 26 cm, weight 100 g, wing 14 cm, bill 2.8 cm, tarsus 3.5 cm, tail 10 cm). A typical adult looks yellowish olive-brown above with black crescent-shaped markings. It has buff and dark brown bars across wings and prominent crescent dark marking on the ear-coverts. From below, it looks whitish with brown crescent marks on the breast, flanks and sides of the belly. In flight, a buff underwing-patch is visible. Its irises are black, eye skin is yellowish, bill is horny-black with brownish at base. It has horny-brown legs and feet and pale-horny claws. The male and the female look alike. It feeds on insects, their larvae and berries. It breeds in March-October.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Tarsiger hyperythrus
(Himalayan (Orange-flanked) Bush-robin) -
Zoothera dauma
(Purple Cochoa) -
Eumyias thalassinus
(Pale Blue-flycatcher) -
Calliope tschebaiewi
(White‑tailed Blue Robin) -
Oenanthe deserti
(Asian Fairy Bluebird) -
Ficedula hyperythra
(Rufous‑gorgeted Flycatcher) -
Luscinia svecica
(Firethroat) -
Monticola cinclorhyncha
(Chestnut-bellied Rock-thrush) -
Saxicola insignis
(White-throated (Hodgson’s) Bushchat) -
Cyornis poliogenys
(Large Blue-flycatcher)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;photo credit: Ramnarayan K (www.inaturalist.org/people/ Ramnarayan K ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;photo credit: Ramnarayan K (www.inaturalist.org/people/ Ramnarayan K ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.