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==Identification==
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23-25 cm.
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* Black head and throat
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* Brownish slate-grey upperparts merging with pure mid-grey breast
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* Orange-chestnut lower underparts
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* Olive-grey undertail-coverts
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* Yellowish-orange eyering and bill
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* Yellowish-brown legs
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==Distribution==
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[[South America]]: found in the eastern Andes of [[Colombia]], north-western [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]] and extreme northern [[Peru]].<br />
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Uncommon to locally fairly common in its range.
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==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
  
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==Habitat==
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Moist montane forest. Often on steep hillsides and adjacent clearings and roadsides.<br />
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Occurs at 1300 to 2700 m, mainly at 1700 to 2300 m in [[Colombia]].
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==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Feeds on fruit, including berries.<br />
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Forages in trees but only rarely seen in fruiting trees with other species. Also sometimes seen feeding amid leaf litter on ground at roadsides or in clearings.
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====Breeding====
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Breeding season April to August in [[Colombia]], sings mainly May to July in [[Venezuela]], a fledgling recorded in February in [[Peru]]. No other information.
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====Movements====
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Mainly a sedentary species. Some altitudinal movement recorded in [[Ecuador]].
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug13}}#{{Ref-HBWVol10}}#Avibase
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==External Links==
 
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]][[Category:Turdus]]

Latest revision as of 17:59, 29 June 2014

Turdus fulviventris

Identification

23-25 cm.

  • Black head and throat
  • Brownish slate-grey upperparts merging with pure mid-grey breast
  • Orange-chestnut lower underparts
  • Olive-grey undertail-coverts
  • Yellowish-orange eyering and bill
  • Yellowish-brown legs

Distribution

South America: found in the eastern Andes of Colombia, north-western Venezuela, Ecuador and extreme northern Peru.
Uncommon to locally fairly common in its range.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Moist montane forest. Often on steep hillsides and adjacent clearings and roadsides.
Occurs at 1300 to 2700 m, mainly at 1700 to 2300 m in Colombia.

Behaviour

Diet

Feeds on fruit, including berries.
Forages in trees but only rarely seen in fruiting trees with other species. Also sometimes seen feeding amid leaf litter on ground at roadsides or in clearings.

Breeding

Breeding season April to August in Colombia, sings mainly May to July in Venezuela, a fledgling recorded in February in Peru. No other information.

Movements

Mainly a sedentary species. Some altitudinal movement recorded in Ecuador.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2005. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 10: Cuckoo-Shrikes to Thrushes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334726
  3. Avibase

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