Ashy Thrush

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Ashy Thrush is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Ashy Thrush (Zoothera cinerea) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Zoothera cinerea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007. More

Parang di ashy thrush na parang ashy thrush, kumbaga” When I got home, I searched my files and found a photo of an ashy ground thrush taken by Guy Dutson and lent to Haribon for a book on threatened endemic bird species. The ashy thrush is definitely not the one we saw! I pored over the drawings in Kennedy and looked at the pipits esp. the Pechora and the Olive-tree because of their stance and their habitats. More

The Ashy Thrush (Zoothera cinerea) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss. More

totally failed to score the Ashy Thrush which is known to hop about at dawn on the road up the mountain, but I did manage to find a Spotted Wood-Kingfisher. The latter is a glamorous K. that I heard but did not see whilst staggering up Mt Hamut in Luzon last year (see: http://www.pittasworld.com/Site/Jewelthrush_Diaries_Blog/Entries/2009/2/24_North_of_chiang_mai_2.html) so it was extra pleasing to finally get to grips with one. More