- Turdus olivater
Identification
23–24 cm (9-9½ in)
Male
- Black hood
- Olive-brown upperparts
- Yellowy-orange underparts
- Yellow bill
- Narrow eye-ring
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and Brazil.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 8 subspecies[1]:
- T. o. sanctaemartae:
- Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)
- T. o. olivater:
- T. o. caucae:
- South-western Colombia (Cauca Valley)
- T. o. paraquensis:
- Tepuis of southern Venezuela (Cerro Paraque)
- T. o. kemptoni:
- Tepuis of southern Venezuela (Cerro de la Neblina)
- T. o. duidae:
- Tepuis of southern Venezuela (Mount Duida)
- T. o. roraimae:
- T. o. ptaritepui:
- Tepuis of south-eastern Venezuela (Mlount Ptari-tepui)
Habitat
Humid montane forests. They are found from the canopy down to the lower storey and in forest edges and borders; also secondary forests.
Behaviour
Diet
There is little information. They feed in the leaf litter and are know to join army ant swarms.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Black-hooded Thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-hooded_Thrush
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
