THRUSH 2/7 - Orange -headed Thrush

 Orange-headed Thrush

 

The Orange-headed Thrush is a shy, secretive bird usually occurring alone or in pairs, but is comparatively more easily seen than many other Zoothera Thrushes. OHT are winter visitor to Malaysia come November and stayed on until March.

It has a swift, silent flight, but when disturbed will often sit motionless until the threat has passed.

Calls of the Orange-headed Thrush include a soft chuk or tchuk, a screeching teer-teer-teer, and a thin tsee or dzef given in flight. However, this bird is generally silent especially in winter I wonder why maybe not breeding and do not want any attraction. In fact during the entire encounter in FRIM it keep silent for the entire shootout with Dr Manjeet.
It also can do imitation calls of other birds like bulbuls, babblers and Common Tailorbird. It sings from a perch in a leafy tree, mostly early morning and late afternoon.Like other Thrush they tends to stay at lower storey and frequent wet grounds looking for grubs and insects

Wish to thank Ong CheHo on the tip off and precise direction to its location. Bird luck to you and Merry Christmas