Black-billed Thrush - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies goodfellowi
Photo by Robert_Scanlon
Near Cali, Colombia, May 2004

Turdus ignobilis

Identification

21·5–24 cm (8½-9½ in)

Olive-brown upperparts
Lighter underparts
Darker face
Whitish throat with brownish streaks

Sexes similar.

Distribution

Sub species debilis
Photo by Stanley Jones
Moyobamba, San Martín, Peru, December 2016

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil

Taxonomy

Pantepui Thrush and Campina Thrush have been split from this species.

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized^[1].

T. i. ignobilis:

Eastern and Central Andes of Colombia

T. i. goodfellowi:

Colombia (Cauca Valley and west slope of Western Andes)

T. i. debilis:

Eastern Colombia to western Venezuela, north-western Brazil, eastern Peru and northern Bolivia

Habitat

Moist lowland forests, moist montanes, dry shrubland. Plantations, gardens, brushlands

Behaviour

Diet

They have a varied diet, consisting of fruit, seeds and insects. Items taken include beetles, flies, works, crickets, caterpillars, guavas, bananas and papayas.

Breeding

Their coarsely constructed nest is a cup made from moss lined thickly with rootlets.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Avibase
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2017)
Wikipedia

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Black-billed Thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-billed_Thrush

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