不普遍冬候鳥及稀有留鳥，全長約24-30cm，上半身黃褐色密佈黑色鱗片，形如老虎斑紋因而得名。眼睛四周有白色眼圈，下半身略呈白色，有多數魚鱗狀黑斑。上嘴黑色，下嘴黃色前端黑色，腳淺紅色。主要於地面活動，以搖晃身體方式配合翻動泥土或落葉驚嚇其中昆蟲啄食。通常單獨活動，受干擾時會飛至附近高處的樹叢內躲藏。每年約11月到次年5月常可於本校機車停車場下方，寧靜湖的邊坡觀察到。(陸維元攝)

Scaly Thrush
An uncommon winter migrant and rare resident bird, it has a total length of approximately 24 to 30 centimeters. The upper body is yellowish-brown, densely covered with black scaly patterns resembling tiger stripes, which is the origin of its Chinese name. There are white eye-rings around the eyes. The lower body is mostly white, featuring numerous fish-scale-like black spots. The upper beak is black; the lower beak is yellow with a black tip, and the legs are pale red. It forages primarily on the ground, rocking its body while turning over soil or fallen leaves to startle and peck at the insects underneath. It usually moves alone and, when disturbed, will fly to higher branches nearby to hide. From November to May of the following year, they can often be observed on the slopes of Tranquility Lake, just below the campus motorcycle parking lot.