Sri Lanka Thrush

Sri Lanka ThrushThe Sri Lanka Thrush is endemic to Sri Lanka. Black scale-like markings pattern its pale plumage, and a black band shows across the white underwing in flight. A Sri Lankan study treated it as a ground-layer species and found higher density in forest than in buffer habitat.What does it look like?Black scale-like markings pattern a pale white or yellow background. The white underwing has a black band visible in flight.How does it live?The Sri Lanka Thrush is endemic to Sri Lanka. Black scale-like markings pattern its pale plumage, and a black band shows across the white underwing in flight. A Sri Lankan study treated it as a ground-layer species and found higher density in forest than in buffer habitat.In one Sri Lankan study, it was classified as a ground-layer bird, and its density was higher in forest transects than in buffer habitat consisting of degraded forest and agroforest.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.