Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush - BirdForum Opus

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MALE/FEMALE/SSP ETC
Photo by Raul Padilla
LOCATION & DATE

Catharus mexicanus

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Distribution

Central America: found in Northeastern Mexico south to western Panama.

Accidental vagrant to the United States in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas (1 record).

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

This is a polytypic species. consisting of three subspecies:

• C. m. mexicanus:

• Mountains of eastern Mexico (Tamaulipas to Veracruz and western Chiapas)

• C. m. cantator:

• Highlands of southern Mexico (Chiapas) to eastern Guatemala and Honduras

• C. m. fumosus:

• Highlands of Nicaragua to Costa Rica and western Panama

Habitat

Moist highland forests.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-headed_Nightingale-Thrush

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