Scaly Thrush

The scaly thrush is a member of the thrush family, 27–31 cm long, the sexes similar, with black scaling on a paler white or yellowish background. The most striking identification feature in flight is the black band on the white underwings, shared with most other Zoothera species and the Siberian thrush. It breeds in dense wet forest in the Himalaya east through south-western China to northern Indochina, with disjunct populations, possibly separate species, on Iriomote Island off southern Japan and on Sumatra and Java (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects, earthworms and berries. It nests in trees, laying three or four dull green eggs in a neat cup nest. The male's song is a loud, far-carrying mechanical whistle, with 5–10 second pauses between each one-second phrase, twee...tuuu....tuuu....tuuu (Wikipedia, general species account).