Blue Whistling Thrush
Bird species name:
Blue Whistling Thrush
Myophonus caeruleus (Scоpoli, 1786)
Blue Whistling Thrush
Myophonus caeruleus (Scоpoli, 1786)
Author:
Andrey Ojegov
Andrey Ojegov
Location (region):
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Description:
The male of the Blue Whistling Thrush is black purple tinged; with the glistening sharp ends of little feathers; the underparts are same on the back but the rear part of the abdomen and undertail are dimmer. The forehead is light-purple. The flight feathers have bright-purple outer webs and dark-brown inner ones; the secondaries have purple inner webs also but dark-brown is kept only as narrow strip along the core of the feather. The tail is purple with brownish borders of the webs of the tail feathers. The bottom of the tail and flight feathers are dark-brownish. The feathers of the uppertail with the white base of the both webs. Some of median coverts with bright-white round spots forming chain-shaped strip across the wing. The legs and claws are dark-brown; the bill is yellow with the dark-brown comb lightening to the hooked tip. The eyes are dark-brown. In fresh plumage the coloring is brightly and more purple, in old plumage one is dimmer. Sexes are similar. Juveniles are dark-bro
The male of the Blue Whistling Thrush is black purple tinged; with the glistening sharp ends of little feathers; the underparts are same on the back but the rear part of the abdomen and undertail are dimmer. The forehead is light-purple. The flight feathers have bright-purple outer webs and dark-brown inner ones; the secondaries have purple inner webs also but dark-brown is kept only as narrow strip along the core of the feather. The tail is purple with brownish borders of the webs of the tail feathers. The bottom of the tail and flight feathers are dark-brownish. The feathers of the uppertail with the white base of the both webs. Some of median coverts with bright-white round spots forming chain-shaped strip across the wing. The legs and claws are dark-brown; the bill is yellow with the dark-brown comb lightening to the hooked tip. The eyes are dark-brown. In fresh plumage the coloring is brightly and more purple, in old plumage one is dimmer. Sexes are similar. Juveniles are dark-bro