Turdus unicolor
Silhouette: Sharon Wegner-Larsen · PhyloPic
In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
Tickell's thrush (Turdus unicolor) is a passerine bird in the thrush family Turdidae. It is common in open forest in the Himalayas, and migrates seasonally into peninsular India, Nepal and rarely to Bangladesh. The name commemorates the British ornithologist Samuel Tickell who collected in India and Burma.
It is a small thrush, 21–25 cm (8.3–9.8 in) long and weighing 57–75 g (2.0–2.6 oz), similar in size to redwing or eyebrowed thrush and distinctly smaller than Indian blackbird. Males have uniform blue-grey upperparts, a whitish belly and vent, while females and young birds have browner upperparts. Adults have yellow beak and legs, while it may be darker in juveniles. There is a yellow eye-ring, which is thinner and fainter than in the Indian blackbird.
Tickell's thrush builds nests from April to June using mostly dry grass. It breeds at middle altitudes of 1,200–2,700 m (3,940–8,860 ft) (rarely up to 3,000 m (9,840 ft)) in the Himalayas, from extreme northeastern Afghanistan east through northern Pakistan, northwestern India and Nepal to Sikkim and western Bhutan. It migrates south and to lower altitudes... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 3 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tickell's Thrush sighting in Keoladeo National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 236th most-seen of the 278 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tickell's Thrush in Keoladeo National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tickell's Thrush sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Tickell's Thrush sightings, Keoladeo National Park ranks 6th at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Bandhavgarh National Park (India, under 5%), Langtang National Park (Nepal, under 5%) and Kanha National Park (India, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tickell's Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Keoladeo National Park (19 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.
