Dusky Thrush has a dark brown back and rump; the face, breast, and flank spots rump are black and the belly and undertail are white. Naumann's thrush in comparison has a paler brown back and head; the face, breast, flank spots and rump are reddish, and the belly and undertail are white. The female is fairly similar to the male, but immatures have a weaker patterning. The male dusky thrush has a simple fluted or whistling song.
This species is strongly migratory bird, wintering south to southeast Asia, principally in China and neighbouring countries. It is a rare vagrant to western Europe. The first and last sighting of this bird in Malaysia was way back in December 2008 somewhere in Fraser Hill. It is rare to see this migrant winter visitor than the orange-headed thrush here in Peninsula Malaysia.
I got my lifer in Kobe Japan in one of the many park there . I was lucky to see it and manage some shots with my telezoom Fuji XF100-400mm which is my companion during my holidays overseas when there be chance for birding on the side.
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