{"id":48780,"date":"2017-01-10T00:01:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T16:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/?p=48780"},"modified":"2023-06-24T17:13:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T09:13:09","slug":"siberian-thrush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2017\/01\/10\/siberian-thrush\/","title":{"rendered":"Siberian Thrush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMore from my early Christmas this year. Saw a number of thrushes feeding on the Ficus benjamina, not by taking fallen fruit but by climbing the tree. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48781\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48781\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ThrushSib-AmarSingh-1.jpg\" alt=\"Siberian Thrush\" width=\"590\" height=\"467\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ThrushSib-AmarSingh-1.jpg 590w, https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ThrushSib-AmarSingh-1-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siberian Thrush<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe two species I am sure of are the Siberian Thrush (<em>Zoothera sibirica<\/em>) (above) and the Eyebrowed Thrush (<em>Turdus obscurus<\/em>). <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48782\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48782\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ThrushSib-AmarSingh-2.jpg\" alt=\"Siberian Thrush feeding\" width=\"590\" height=\"442\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ThrushSib-AmarSingh-2.jpg 590w, https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ThrushSib-AmarSingh-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siberian Thrush feeding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhile the Eyebrowed Thrush is documented to take figs from trees, regarding the Siberian Thrush Wells 2007 notes \u2018<em>there are hardly any records of Siberian Thrushs taking figs<\/em>\u2019. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (Collar 2016) on Siberian Thrushs states \u2018<em>Commonly terrestrial, but sometimes visits fruiting trees<\/em>\u2019. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48783\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48783\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ThrushSib-AmarSingh-3.jpg\" alt=\"Siberian Thrush showing the olive brown edging of the under tail coverts\" width=\"590\" height=\"467\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ThrushSib-AmarSingh-3.jpg 590w, https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ThrushSib-AmarSingh-3-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siberian Thrush showing the olive brown edging of the under tail coverts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWells also notes visiting other fruits trees (berries). I have usually encountered the Siberian Thrush in montane regions. I saw at least 2 this season, one female (posted here, consider a 1st winter as suggestion of a gape?) and one 1st winter male (limited images). Both were seen taking fruit actively from the Ficus benjamina tree. Figs were swallowed whole and not processed or crushed.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48784\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48784\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ThrushSib-AmarSingh-4.jpg\" alt=\"Siberian Thrush - underside of wing, while preening\" width=\"590\" height=\"434\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ThrushSib-AmarSingh-4.jpg 590w, https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ThrushSib-AmarSingh-4-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siberian Thrush &#8211; underside of wing, while preening<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2010\/03\/11\/dato%E2%80%99-dr-amar-singh-hss-%E2%80%93-birdwatcher-extraordinarie\/\">Dato\u2019 Dr Amar-Singh HSS<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nIpoh, Perak, Malaysia<br \/>\n23rd &#038; 24th December 2016<\/p>\n<p>Location: Kledang-Sayong Forest Reserve, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia<br \/>\nHabitat: Trail along primary jungle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMore from my early Christmas this year. Saw a number of thrushes feeding on the Ficus benjamina, not by taking fallen fruit but by climbing the tree. \u201cThe two species I am sure of are the Siberian Thrush (Zoothera sibirica) (above) and the Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus). \u201cWhile the Eyebrowed Thrush is documented to take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":48781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,14],"tags":[743],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48780"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}