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Alternative name: African Bare-eyed Thrush

Disambiguation: for the Bare-eyed Thrush found in the Americas, Turdus nudigenis, see Yellow-eyed Thrush

Photo by megan perkins
Malindi, Kenya, May 2006

Identification

Brown, brownish streaked throat, greyish underparts, yellow eye ring, brown eye, yellow bill.

Eastern Africa: found in the arid lowlands of Ethiopia and Somalia to Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania

Monotypic^[1]

Arid lowlands, agricultural fields, dry savanna and dry shrubland.

The diet includes fruit.

Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bare-eyed Thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bare-eyed_Thrush

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-'''Alternative name: African Bare-eyed Thrush'''
+'''Alternative name: African Bare-eyed Thrush'''<br />
+'''Disambiguation''': for the Bare-eyed Thrush found in the Americas, ''Turdus nudigenis'', see [[Yellow-eyed Thrush]]
 [[Image:Bare-eyed_Thrush.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|megan+perkins|megan perkins}} <br /> Malindi, [[Kenya]], May 2006]]
 ;[[: Category:Turdus|Turdus]] tephronotus
 ==Identification==
 Brown, brownish streaked throat, greyish underparts, yellow eye ring, brown eye, yellow bill.
-==Naming==
-Note: Easily confused with the South American ''[[Turdus nudigenis]]'' which sometimes also is called the Bare-eyed Thrush.
 ==Distribution==
 Eastern [[Africa]]: found in the arid lowlands of [[Ethiopia]] and [[Somalia]] to [[Kenya]] and north-eastern [[Tanzania]]