Brown-headed Thrush

Brown-headed Thrush

Turdus chrysolaus

Silhouette: Sharon Wegner-Larsen · PhyloPic

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Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Taipei

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

1,668 Verified sightings at Taipei
260 In all 2 parks From 2019 to 2026
December Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Brown-headed Thrush

The brown-headed thrush (Turdus chrysolaus), sometimes known as the brown thrush, is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It breeds in Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands and Japan; it winters in south toward the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Hainan and the northern Philippines. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

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Sounds

Subsong0:56

Japan · 2026

© Ding Li Yong · XC1146556 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Alarm call0:33

Japan · 2025

© Uku Paal · XC1016837 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song1:13

Taiwan · 2019

© Kuan-Chieh (Chuck) Hung, Taiwanbirdguide.com · XC466649 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Nikko National Park 🇯🇵 Japan
~30%
2 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%
2 Sendai 🇯🇵 Japan
~10%
3 Xiamen City 🇨🇳 China
~10%
4 Taipei 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
5 Tokyo 🇯🇵 Japan
<5%
6 Tainan 🇹🇼 Taiwan
<5%
7 Taichung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
<5%
8 Busan 🇰🇷 South Korea
<5%
9 Manila 🇵🇭 Philippines
<5%
10 Fukuoka 🇯🇵 Japan
<5%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 Ueno Zoo 🇯🇵 Japan In captivity
2 Inokashira Park Zoo 🇯🇵 Japan In captivity
3 Ueno Zoological Gardens (West Garden) 🇯🇵 Japan In captivity

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Brown-headed Thrush in Taipei?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-headed Thrush sighting in Taipei on a given day, based on 1,668 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 53rd most-seen of the 266 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Brown-headed Thrush in Taipei?

December

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-headed Thrush in Taipei on a given day, against under 5% in May to October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Brown-headed Thrush?

Between 11 pm and 2 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown-headed Thrush sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Is Taipei the best place to see a Brown-headed Thrush?

4th of 13

Of the 13 cities where we can rate Brown-headed Thrush sightings, Taipei ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kaohsiung (Taiwan, about 20%), Sendai (Japan, about 10%) and Xiamen City (China, about 10%).

Where does the Brown-headed Thrush sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Brown-headed Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Taipei (1,668 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.

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