Cocoa Thrush - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Sungrebe
Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad, November 2001

Turdus fumigatus

Identification

22-24cm

• Dark rufous upperparts
• Pale rufous brown underparts
  

Sexes similar. Juvenile - duller with scalloped underparts

Juvenile
Photo by njlarsen
Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad, March 2010

Distribution

Caribbean (West Indies) and South America
Caribbean: Lesser Antilles, Windward Islands, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Bolivia and Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]

• T. f. personus:

• Lesser Antilles (St. Vincent and Grenada)

• T. f. aquilonalis:

• Coastal north-eastern Colombia to northern Venezuela; Trinidad

• T. f. orinocensis:

• Eastern Colombia (eastern Vichada and Meta) and western Venezuela

• T. f. fumigatus:

• The Guianas to northern and eastern Brazil, Mato Grosso and eastern Bolivia

Habitat

Dense forest.

Behaviour

Breeding

It builds a bulky cup nest from twigs. The 2-3 green blue, red blotched eggs are incubated by the female for about 13 days.

Diet

The diet includes insects, ants, invertebrates and berries. It is a ground feeder.

Vocalisation

Song: a musical warble
Call: chuck and chak.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Cocoa Thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 30 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cocoa_Thrush

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