English: Eurasian Scaly Thrush, Golden Thrush, Golden-spangled Mountain-thrush        
Russian: Пёстрый дрозд
Mongolian:  Алаг хөөндэй, Алаг хөөндий

German: Erddrossel
French: Grive doree
Japanese: トラツグミ (Tora-tsugumi) 

Body length: 27-31 cm
Wing span: 34-37 cm

Passage migrant
Breeding season: May-August

Egg number: 3-5
Egg colour: Glossy bright salmon with slight dark markings.
Brood:  1 per year

Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern

Food: Worms, insects’ and their larvae, small caterpillars, snails and seeds.

Habitat: Breeding habitats consists of dark coniferous and mixed forests in taiga forests, forest steppe and dense river valleys. Breeding pairs nest 1-6 m high in tree forks or in tall bushes. The nest is a large cup of twigs, moss grasses and roots lined with finer grasses and stems. On migration, it occurs in almost all habitats from taiga forest to the Gobi desert.