Dark‑sided Thrush Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Zoothera mollissima/salimalii
Family : Turdidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The Dark-sided Thrush is a short-tailed passerine with a stout bill (length 25 cm, weight 83 g, wing 12.5 cm, bill 3.3 cm, tarsus 3 cm, tail 7 cm). It looks olive-brown from above. Its throat is white with dark brown markings on the side. It has pale ear-covert and dark malar stripe. It looks whitish from below except for its olive- brown markings on the breast, flanks, belly and buff underwing patches visible only during overhead flight. Its irises are black, bill is blackish-brown, legs and feet are plumbeous. The male and the female look alike. It feeds on insects, their larvae and molluscs. It breeds in May-August.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Saxicola torquatus
(Desert Wheatear) -
Muscicapa muttui
(Asian Brown Flycatcher) -
Zoothera dauma
(Purple Cochoa) -
Calliope tschebaiewi
(White‑tailed Blue Robin) -
Myiomela leucura
(Rufous‑breasted Bush-robin) -
Saxicola jerdoni
(Grey Bushchat) -
Calliope calliope
(Chinese (White‑tailed) Rubythroat) -
Luscinia svecica
(Firethroat) -
Tarsiger indicus
(Slaty‑backed Forktail) -
Cochoa purpurea
(Orange‑headed Thrush)
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;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: markus lilje(www.inaturalist.org/people/markus lilje),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Peter Ericssonmore 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;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: markus lilje(www.inaturalist.org/people/markus lilje),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Peter Ericssonmore information, please contact us.