Grey‑winged Blackbird Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Geokichla citrina
Family : Turdidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : All kind of forests
Description : The Grey-winged Blackbird is a long-tailed passerine whose male looks different from the female (length 28 cm, weight 100 g, wing 14 cm, bill 2.8 cm, tarsus 3.6 cm, tail 11 cm). The male looks entirely black from above except for its broad pale grey -patch on the wingcoverts, secondaries and tertials. Its underpart is black with whitish fringes on the belly and vent. Its legs and feet are brownish in front and yellow behind. The female looks entirely olive-brown except for its wing patches. The patch is greyish on the greater coverts and dark brown on the primary coverts. Its legs and feet are entirely brown. Both sexes have brown irises, yellow eyering and deep orange bill. It breeds in March-August. It feeds on insects, earthworms, other invertebrates and berries.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Cyornis rubeculoides
(Lesser Shortwing) -
Monticola solitarius
(Jerdon's Bushchat) -
Cyornis banyumas
(Tickell's Blue-flycatcher) -
Enicurus leschenaulti
(Blue Whistling Thrush) -
Muscicapa muttui
(Asian Brown Flycatcher) -
Niltava sundara
(Small Niltava) -
Calliope calliope
(Chinese (White‑tailed) Rubythroat) -
Myiomela leucura
(Rufous‑breasted Bush-robin) -
Niltava grandis
(Verditer Flycatcher) -
Turdus albocinctus
(Dusky 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;Photo credit and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner: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 and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:more information, please contact us.