
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0
Turdus boulboul
Habitat
Middle altitudes of subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, mostly 1,800–2,700m, occasionally down to 1,200m in winter and up to 3,300m in summer
Range
Mountains of southern and eastern Asia from the Himalaya to northern Vietnam
Size
28–29cm
Weight
88–111g
The grey-winged blackbird is a large thrush 28–29 cm long and 88–111 g, with distinct sexual dimorphism. Males are black with faint pale fringes on the belly and a broad grey patch on the wing coverts, secondaries and tertials, somewhat like a ring ouzel but more uniformly grey, with a bright yellow bill and a narrow yellow eye ring. Females are plain brown, with only a hint of paler brown on the wings, a dull yellow to brownish bill and a greyish eye ring (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is found in the mountains of southern and eastern Asia from the Himalaya to northern Vietnam, mostly at 1,800–2,700 m, occasionally down to 1,200 m in winter and up to 3,300 m in summer. The cached account gives no diet or breeding information (Wikipedia, general species account).