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Orange-headed Thrush

Geokichla citrina · Family Turdidae

Geokichla citrina

Family Turdidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Turdidae
GBIF occurrence records
96,432
Countries and territories with records
25
Orange-headed Thrush
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About this species

This species has 96,432 occurrence records from 25 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (88.4%), Thailand (3.1%), Bangladesh (1.7%) and Malaysia (1.4%); together they account for 94.6% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.14% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Geokichla citrina combines the genus name Geokichla with the species epithet citrina. The Warbla app catalog lists 12 species of the genus Geokichla; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Geokichla sibirica, Geokichla spiloptera and Geokichla gurneyi.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 155 species of the family Turdidae. This species ranks 34th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Turdus migratorius. Its record count is 18.1% of the family average (532,772). The family Turdidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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