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It runs Google's Perch, a research-grade acoustic model covering nearly 15,000 species. When a call is ambiguous, we say so honestly and let you record a second clip to confirm, rather than guessing.

Is my recording stored?

No. Your audio is used to identify the bird in the moment and isn't saved to our servers. The birds you confirm are kept as cards in your own field journal; the recordings themselves are not.

Is the bird identifier free?

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Birdsong field guide

African Bare-eyed Thrush

Turdus tephronotus

A terrestrial East African songbird distinguished by a vibrant, featherless orange eye-ring and predominantly gray plumage. It is a specialist of arid scrub and dry forest environments.

What it sounds like

A varied, musical sequence of rich, fluty whistles and chirps, often delivered from deep cover.

Reference call, compare with what you heard

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Rec. Peter Ericsson · TanzaniaCC BY-NC-SA Xeno-canto

Field notes

Features a prominent broad ring of bare, bright yellow-orange skin around each eye.
Unlike many forest-dwelling thrushes, it thrives in dry, semi-arid acacia scrub and bushland.
Primarily a ground-forager, flipping leaf litter to find insects, spiders, and occasionally fallen fruit.
It belongs to the 'true thrush' genus Turdus, making it a relative of the American Robin and Eurasian Blackbird.
The species displays a notable contrast between its lead-gray upperparts and its pale, buffy-orange flanks.

Habitat

Arid thorn-scrub, dry woodland, and riverine thickets.

Range

East Africa, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.

Similar & commonly confused birds

Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus African ThrushTurdus pelios American RobinTurdus migratorius Andean Slaty ThrushTurdus nigriceps Austral ThrushTurdus falcklandii Bismarck Island-ThrushTurdus heinrothi Black ThrushTurdus infuscatus Black-billed ThrushTurdus ignobilis

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