What is Brown-headed thrush?
{{speciesbox | image = Akahara_08f2218.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN|id=22708800 |title=''Turdus chrysolaus'' |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref> | genus = Turdus | species = chrysolaus | authority = [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]], 1831 | synonyms = }} The '''brown-headed thrush''' (''Turdus chrysolaus''), sometimes known as the '''brown thrush''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=BirdLife species factsheet: Izu Thrush |url=http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=6402&m=0 |access-date=2018-12-06 |archive-date=2009-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103094455/http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=6402&m=0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a species of [[bird]] in the family [[Turdidae]]. This bird breeds in [[Sakhalin]], the [[Kuril Islands]] and [[Japan]]. It winters in the south, toward the [[Ryukyu Islands]], [[Taiwan]], [[Hainan]] and the northern [[Philippines]]. Its natural [[habitat]] is temperate [[forest]]s. It is 23–24 cm long and weighs around 64–90 g. The body color of the male and female is almost the same and black on the head and distinct bright orange feathers from chest to side of abdomen. The male has slaty-brown face and throat, shading through brown on hindcrown and neck to russet-tinged brown upperparts; chestnut-orange breast. They prefer to live in bright needle-leaved forests with [[larch]]es from flatlands to mountains. ==References== <!-- FieldianaZool114:1. --> {{Reflist}} == Other websites == * {{Commons-inline|Turdus chrysolaus}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q1589003}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thrush, Brown-headed}} [[Category:Thrushes]] [[Category:Birds of Japan]]