The thrush is a bird of the passerine thrush family. The total length is about 23 cm. Most of the body is tan. The top of the head and the upper back have dark brown longitudinal lines, and the eye circles are white and extend back into narrow eyebrow lines. It inhabits the shrubs of the hills and the shrubs or bamboo forests near the villages, and is agile and timid, often foraging in the grass under the forest, and is not good at flying long distances. During the breeding period, the male bird often hides alone among the weeds and branches, and is very good at chirping, the voice is very loud, the song is melodious and tactful, very beautiful, and it is a famous caged bird. Omnivorous, mainly feeds on insects, especially during the breeding season;It also eats grass seeds and wild fruits. It is distributed in Laos, northern Vietnam and the southeast coastal areas of China, and is a resident bird in central China, southern China, Hainan and Taiwan. It is the city bird of Guangzhou.
A slightly smaller (22 cm) tan thrush. Characteristic white eye circles extend behind the eyes into narrow eyebrow lines (hence the name of the thrush). The crown and nape of the neck have blackish longitudinal stripes. Iris yellow;Yellowish mouth;Feet yellowish. The Taiwanese subspecies has no white eyebrow lines, more gray and heavy longitudinal lines, and has now been promoted to an independent bird species - Taiwanese thrush. The Hainan subspecies has white eye stripes, but **light,**more olive-colored.
Thrushes are loved by bird lovers for their melodious chirping and feathers. However, getting these beautiful birds close to humans is not an easy task. This requires patience and some feeding skills. Below, let's take a look at how to make the thrush not afraid of people.
First of all, we need to provide a quiet environment for the thrush. Place the thrush in the cage and close the cage cover and place it on the balcony. Remember, don't tighten the zipper of the cage cover. In addition to feeding and cleaning the bird cage every morning, try not to disturb it. This allows the thrush to gradually adapt to its new environment and reduces its panic and nervousness.
Next, we can start to do domestication. After 1-2 days of feeding, try to put the cage in an area where there is a lot of movement around the house. This process can be a little difficult as the thrush may be bouncing around the cage very hard. However, as long as we don't bother with it, it will gradually get used to it, and things will get better day by day.
In the third step of acclimation, after 3-4 days of feeding, we try to feed as little as possible so that the thrush has some hunger. However, the water must be given to it to drink, otherwise it may die from thirst. In this process, we can tease and feed the thrush with tweezers through the gap in the cage sleeve. When the thrush is hungry, it will try to eat the worms.
Once the thrush dares to eat it, we can proceed to further domestication. At this point, we can feed it with the worm in our hands, and at the same time we can lift one of the horns of the cage. At this time, the thrush can go out for a walk or let it bathe. After bathing, the wet bird feathers must be dried in the house before hanging outside, otherwise it is easy to get sick.
When walking birds, we must avoid putting the thrush in a cage with other birds. This behavior can frighten the raw birds and may cause them to stop calling in the future. It is best to wait for the thrush to adapt to life in the cage after a year's rearing of the thrush before conning with other birds.
Finally, we can exercise the courage of the thrush by often hanging it in crowded places. This not only allows the thrush to better adapt to the human environment, but also increases their chances of interacting with people, making them closer to humans.