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Black Thrush - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Black Robin

Photo by Raul Padilla
Tenango, Mexico, July 2011
Turdus infuscatus

Identification

21·5–24 cm (8½-9 in)
Male - all-black plumage

  • Yellow bill, eye-ring and legs
  • Dark iris

Female - brown plumage

  • Paler underparts
  • Dusky brown bill
  • Buff pre-ocular line

Distribution

Central America: found from southern Mexico, through Guatemala and El Salvador to north-western Honduras

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Humid pine or evergreen forests, cloud forests and forest edges.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of small berries and other fruits, insects and worms. They mostly feed in the canopy but also occasionally in small clearings on the ground.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
  3. Wikipedia

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