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Chinese blackbird

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Family
  
Turdidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Turdus

Chinese blackbird

Similar
  
Tibetan blackbird, Príncipe thrush, Pale‑legged leaf warbler, Brown‑cheeked rail, Abyssinian thrush

The Chinese blackbird (Turdus mandarinus) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the common blackbird.

Subspecies

  • T. m. mandarinus breeds throughout much of south, central and east China. It is a partial migrant to Hong Kong and south to Laos and Vietnam. The male is sooty black, and the female is similar but browner, and paler on the underparts. It is a large subspecies.
  • T. m. sowerbyi, named for James Sowerby, British naturalist and illustrator, breeds from eastern Sichuan to Guizhou. It is partially migratory, with some individuals spending the winter in south China and north Indochina. It resembles mandarinus, but is smaller and darker below.

    • References

    Chinese blackbird Wikipedia
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