Turdus unicolor
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In 3 days ~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 Langtang National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 196th most-seen of the 225 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tickell's Thrush in Langtang National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to March, the lowest months. That is one of Langtang National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain against 390 mm in July.
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, Langtang National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Bandhavgarh National Park (India, under 5%).
Same genus: Turdus
The closest relatives of the Tickell's 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 Tickell's Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Langtang National Park (15 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.
