LOCAL NAMES

• වයිට්’ගේ කයුරුසිකා, ශ්‍රී ලංකා කයුරුසිකා, Pathi Gomara Wala Avichchiya, ශ්‍රි ලංකා කායුරු තිරාසිකයා
• Croatian cejlonski šarenokrili drozd
• Dutch Ceylongoudlijster
• English Sri Lanka Thrush
• English (United States) Sri Lanka Thrush
• French Grive de Ceylan
• French (French Guiana) Grive de Ceylan
• German Ceylonerddrossel
• Japanese スリランカトラツグミ
• Norwegian gyllentrost
• Polish drozdoń cejloński
• Russian Саманалайский дрозд
• Serbian Pirgavi drozd iz Šri Lanke
• Slovak drozd cejlónsky
• Spanish Zorzal de Sri Lanka
• Spanish (Spain) Zorzal de Sri Lanka
• Swedish ceylontrast
• Turkish Seylan Ardıcı
• Ukrainian Квічаль парковий

DESCRIPTION

Zoothera imbricata, The Sri Lanka thrush or Sri Lanka (or Ceylon) scaly thrush is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. Large, long-billed brown thrush with extensive black scales all over the body, and rich buff underparts. This bird is a non-migratory resident breeder found in south western rainforests of the island of Sri Lanka. Told from female Pied and Spot-winged Thrushes by presence of extensive black markings on the upperparts, and rich buff coloration to the underparts. Heard mainly at dawn and dusk, Their sounds calls are like. A very secretive, terrestrial species that frequents the understory of wet forests of lowlands and mountains. Locally named Pathi Gomara Wala Avichchiya.