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Zoothera dauma
TAXONOMY
Turdus dauma Latham, 1790.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Scaly thrush; French: Grive dorйe; German: Erddrossel; Spanish: Zorzal Dorado.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
10.6 in (27 cm); male 3.5–6.9 oz (100–195 g); female 3.5–6.3 oz (100–180 g). Distinctive black scales above and below. Upperparts are olive-brown; underparts are white with buffy breast.
DISTRIBUTION
Central and eastern Siberia, southwest India, northern India east to China, Japan, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Solomon Islands.
HABITAT
Coniferous forest, often in river valleys or close to water, wooded hillsides with mossy rocks, dense undergrowth with deep leaf litter.
BEHAVIOR
Mostly terrestrial, in deep cover, but flies up into trees when disturbed; shy and reclusive.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Insects, worms, and berries.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Monogamous, territorial, and solitary, nesting in June, in tree fork; four to five eggs incubated by female; little information available.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened. Presumed stable, but range and numbers poorly known.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.

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