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[[Image:Rosy Thrush-tanager El Valle de Anton Panama2.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, [[Panama]], March, 2013]]
 
[[Image:Rosy Thrush-tanager El Valle de Anton Panama2.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, [[Panama]], March, 2013]]
[[Image:Rosy_thrush_tanager_by_George_Edwards.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|George_Edwards|George Edwards}}<br />Chiriqui highlands, [[Panama]]]]
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;[[: Category:Rhodinocichla|Rhodinocichla]] rosea
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Five subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>: ''rosea'', ''schistacea'', ''eximia'', ''beebei'', and ''harberti''. All five subspecies seems to be isolated from the others, the greatest distance being for ''schistacea'' from [[Mexico]]
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[[Image:Rosy_Thrush-Tanager_Rhodinocichla_rosea_Female_by_PanamaHarpy.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|PanamaHarpy|PanamaHarpy}}<br />Chiriqui highlands, [[Panama]] September 2013]]
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Five subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>:  
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*''R. rosea'',  
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*''R. schistacea'',  
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*''R. eximia'',  
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*''R. beebei'',  
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*''R. harberti''.  
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All five subspecies seems to be isolated from the others, the greatest distance being for ''schistacea'' from [[Mexico]] to ''eximia'' in south-west [[Costa Rica]].
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Forests.
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Undergrowth of forests, varying between dry thorn forest in Mexico and humid second growth in Costa Rica; in between habitats used further south. In all locations at relatively low elevations.
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[[Image:Rosy_thrush_tanager_by_George_Edwards.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|George_Edwards|George Edwards}}<br />Chiriqui highlands, [[Panama]]]]
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
Groundliving bird likely to be heard shuffling leaf-litter around.  
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Groundliving bird likely to be heard shuffling leaf-litter around. Will fly up on branches if feeling threatened.  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
# Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
 
# Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

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Male
Photo by Stanley Jones
El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama, March, 2013
Rhodinocichla rosea

Identification

Distribution

Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela.

Taxonomy

Photo by PanamaHarpy
Chiriqui highlands, Panama September 2013

Five subspecies are recognized1:

  • R. rosea,
  • R. schistacea,
  • R. eximia,
  • R. beebei,
  • R. harberti.

All five subspecies seems to be isolated from the others, the greatest distance being for schistacea from Mexico to eximia in south-west Costa Rica.

Habitat

Undergrowth of forests, varying between dry thorn forest in Mexico and humid second growth in Costa Rica; in between habitats used further south. In all locations at relatively low elevations.

Photo by George Edwards
Chiriqui highlands, Panama

Behaviour

Groundliving bird likely to be heard shuffling leaf-litter around. Will fly up on branches if feeling threatened.

References

  1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

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