Zoothera dauma
Also known as the
White's Thrush
Size: - 30cm/12"
Call: The male has a song which is a loud, far-carrying mechanical whistle, with 5-10 second pauses between each one second long phrase twee...tuuu....tuuu....tuuu.
Status: Winter visitor (November to April)
Range: It breeds in wet coniferous taiga, mainly in eastern Asia and Siberia.
Northern races are strongly migratory, with most birds moving to southeastern Asia during the winter.
It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.
It is found in both woodland & open areas.
The sexes are similar with black scaling on a paler white or yellowish background. The most striking identification feature in flight is the black band on the white underwings, a feature shared with Siberian Thrush.