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| − | '''Alternative names: Bare-eyed Robin | + | [[Image:Yellow-eyed_Thrush.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Graham Osborne<br />Photo taken: Arima, [[Trinidad]]]] |
| − | + | [[Image:Ecuadorian Thrush.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Michael W<br />Photo taken: Rio Silanche (PVM), NW Ecuador.<br />''maculirostris'', Ecuadorian Thrush]] | |
| + | '''Alternative names: Bare-eyed Robin; Bare-eyed Thrush; Spectacled Thrush''' | ||
;[[:Category:Turdus|Turdus]] nudigenis | ;[[:Category:Turdus|Turdus]] nudigenis | ||
| − | + | '''Includes: Ecuadorian Thrush''' | |
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | N [[Brazil]] to [[Colombia]], [[Trinidad]] and [[Tobago]], and the [[Lesser Antilles]] reaching at least to [[Guadeloupe]]. This bird has been spreading north through the Lesser Antilles for example arriving in [[Martinique]] in 1951. | + | W [[Ecuador]], Nw [[Peru]], N [[Brazil]] to [[Colombia]], [[Trinidad]] and [[Tobago]], and the [[Lesser Antilles]] reaching at least to [[Guadeloupe]]. This bird has been spreading north through the Lesser Antilles for example arriving in [[Martinique]] in 1951. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | Three subspecies: | |
| + | * ''T. n. nudigens'' in the [[Lesser Antilles]] | ||
| + | * ''T. n. extimus'' in [[Brazil]] | ||
| + | * ''T. n. maculirostris'' in [[Ecuador]] and [[Peru]] | ||
| + | ''Maculirostris'' has been split as '''Ecuadorian Thrush''', but recently there is a trend to lump the two forms. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
It seems mainly to occur in cultivated areas and open dry forest in [[Dominica]], while the [[Forest Thrush]] is found in old growth rainforest. | It seems mainly to occur in cultivated areas and open dry forest in [[Dominica]], while the [[Forest Thrush]] is found in old growth rainforest. | ||
Revision as of 14:54, 26 February 2009
Alternative names: Bare-eyed Robin; Bare-eyed Thrush; Spectacled Thrush
- Turdus nudigenis
Includes: Ecuadorian Thrush
Identification
Upperparts are plain brown, with underside lighter. Throat is striped with white and brown, but a much more obvious field mark is the large yellow eyering that consists of bare facial skin. The bill is yellow. The color of the brown parts can vary quite a bit, some of the variation might be dependent on light quality, but some may also depend on geographic variation.
Similar Species
The yellow eyering is shared with Forest Thrush, but the latter species has underside scaled in brown and white.
Distribution
W Ecuador, Nw Peru, N Brazil to Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Lesser Antilles reaching at least to Guadeloupe. This bird has been spreading north through the Lesser Antilles for example arriving in Martinique in 1951.
Taxonomy
Three subspecies:
- T. n. nudigens in the Lesser Antilles
- T. n. extimus in Brazil
- T. n. maculirostris in Ecuador and Peru
Maculirostris has been split as Ecuadorian Thrush, but recently there is a trend to lump the two forms.
Habitat
It seems mainly to occur in cultivated areas and open dry forest in Dominica, while the Forest Thrush is found in old growth rainforest.
Behaviour
This thrush is agressive towards other similar birds and has been suspected as a culprit in the near extinction of Forest Thrush from St. Lucia.
