Turdus atrogularis
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The black-throated thrush (Turdus atrogularis) is a passerine bird in the thrush family. It is sometimes regarded as one subspecies of a polytypic species, "dark-throated thrush", red-throated thrush then being the other subspecies. More recent treatments regard the two as separate species.
The black-throated thrush is a migratory Eastern Palearctic species. Its range overlaps with the more easterly-breeding red-throated thrush. This is a large and distinctive thrush. The male has black from the chin to the breast with a greyish black tail. The upperparts are grey and the underparts are whitish with orange-red underwing coverts. Females and immatures are similar but the black on the throat and breast is replaced with dusky streaking.
Black-throated thrushes breed along the edges of clearings in coniferous or mixed deciduous forest, often in the undergrowth of Siberian Pine Pinus sibirica or mixed spruce fir forest, especially along watercourses or in swampy areas.
Black-throated thrushes breed solitarily or in loose aggregations of pairs in late May through to late July. The nest is made of grasses and thin twigs bound with earth and lined... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 2 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 5 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Thrush sighting in Langtang National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 165th most-seen of the 225 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December to April
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Thrush in Langtang National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to November, the lowest months. Those are among Langtang National Park's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain a month against 390 mm in July.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-throated 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.
Yes
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Black-throated Thrush sightings, Langtang National Park has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Manas National Park (India, under 5%) and Jim Corbett National Park (India, under 5%).
Same genus: Turdus
The closest relatives of the Black-throated Thrush that you can see in Langtang National Park (genus Turdus, Typical Thrushes) are White-collared Blackbird (about 10%) and Gray-winged Blackbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-throated Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Langtang National Park (14 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.
