| Common Name : | Orange-headed thrush. |
| Binomial Name : | Geokichla citrina |
| Family : | Turdidae |
| Bengali Name : | Komola fuli ( |
| Photo Taken : | Bangladesh |
Orange headed thrush is a beautiful shy bird that is native to South Asia and Southeast Asian region. In Bangladesh we call this bird as Komola fuli (
From the name Orange-headed thrush (Geokichla citrina) you can easily guess the color of the bird! Yes it is mostly having orange color (the head and the front side or underparts). Upper part (the wing) of the bird is bluish or grey-bluish. But experts (which I am not) know the subtle difference between the wing color between the male and female. The vent (or under tail) is white colored. The bill is pale blue/grey in color. It is a normal sized bird (or may be slightly smaller).
Orange-headed thrush (Geokichla citrina) mostly prefers to be on the ground inside the shaded damp forest. They mainly forage alone, but seen sometimes foraging with the pair as well. This bird prefers to remain secret or hidden and very shy in nature. The call of this bird is very thin and not loud. And most of the time they use to remain silent. That's why it requires a luck to locate and see this bird here in Bangladesh.
This bird is an omnivorous (eats fruit, earthworm, insects, etc). They use to be around the ground which is covered with lot of fallen leafs. Using their beak they use to toss and turn the leafs and look for it's meal. They are mainly active for the feeding during the dawn and dusk.
Although the Orange-headed thrush (Geokichla citrina) prefers to be around the ground level, but makes the nest into the trees. Both the male and female contribute to prepare the nest. But unfortunately they have enemies like parasite birds which use them as a host for their reproduction.
Photos of Orange-headed thrush (Geokichla citrina) were taken from the following locations of Bangladesh:
1) November 2014: Atkandi, Norshingdi.
2) February 2015: Botanical Garden, Dhaka.
This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog http://icbird.blogspot.com/
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