Geokichla cinerea
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The ashy thrush (Geokichla cinerea), also known as the ashy ground-thrush, is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to the Philippines in Luzon and Mindoro. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss, and the illegal wildlife trade.
This is a medium sized species of ground dwelling bird found in the lowland and foothill forests of Luzon and Mindanao. It has slaty gray upperparts, a white belly filled with dark spots mostly concentrated on the chest. It has two white wingbars and a black vertical facial stripe. Like most ground dwelling birds, it has larger eyes that allow it to see better on the forest floor. Legs are dull yellow and bill is dark.
Juvenile birds display a brown was on its face and chest. This species is monotypic. In 2012, these birds were discovered to be present in the La Mesa Ecopark which is close to the heart of Metro Manila and is the main site where these birds are observed (80% of all EBird records) and studied, thus most of this information is from this subpopulation. These birds are easily seen... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ashy Thrush sighting in Manila on a given day, based on 223 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 69th most-seen of the 191 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, May and July–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ashy Thrush in Manila on a given day, against under 5% in January, March–April and June, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ashy Thrush sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Manila, in our data
Manila is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ashy Thrush sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ashy Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Manila (223 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
