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title: "Orange-headed Thrush"
description: "Geokichla citrina — Birds. The orange-headed thrush (Geokichla citrina) is a bird in the thrush family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/orange-headed-thrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Orange-headed Thrush

> Geokichla citrina — Birds. The orange-headed thrush (Geokichla citrina) is a bird in the thrush family.

- Scientific name: *Geokichla citrina*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 3121
- Wikidata: [Q26833749](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26833749)
- iNaturalist taxon: [201215](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/201215)

## Names

- en: Orange-headed Thrush
- de: Damadrossel
- es: Zorzal Citrino
- fr: Grive à tête orange
- pl: Drozdaczek ognistogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1798), TH (368), CN (129), VN (129), MY (89), SG (83), HK (77), BD (75), LK (28), MO (28), ID (23), NP (17)

## Summary

The orange-headed thrush (Geokichla citrina) is a bird in the thrush family.
It is common in well-wooded areas of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.  Most populations are resident. The species shows a preference for shady damp areas, and like many Geokichla and Zoothera thrushes, can be quite secretive.
The orange-headed thrush is omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects, earthworms and fruit. It nests in trees but does not form flocks.
The male of this small thrush has uniform grey upperparts, and an orange head and underparts. The females and young birds have browner upper parts.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange-headed_thrush

## Photo

![Orange-headed Thrush](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/orange-headed-thrush/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vijay Barve · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/394179207

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/orange-headed-thrush?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).