Turdus rubrocanus
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The chestnut thrush (Turdus rubrocanus) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It breeds in the western Himalayas and central/southwestern China; it winters in Eastern Himalaya and northern Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
It is socially monogamous, but extra-pair partners are common. It exhibits sexual dichromatism, a form of sexual dimorphism in which males and females have different plumage colors. However, this difference is typically not noticeable to human observers.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut Thrush sighting in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, based on 104 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 131 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut Thrush in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, against about 20% in November, the lowest month. That is one of Jiuzhaigou National Park's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain against 15 mm in December. January to March have too few records to rate.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chestnut Thrush sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Jiuzhaigou National Park, in our data
Jiuzhaigou National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Chestnut Thrush sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Turdus
The closest relatives of the Chestnut Thrush that you can see in Jiuzhaigou National Park (genus Turdus, Typical Thrushes) are White-backed Thrush (about 40%) and Chinese Thrush (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chestnut Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Jiuzhaigou National Park (104 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
