Alternative name: Clay-colored Thrush
- Turdus grayi
Identification
23–27 cm. Brown, paler underparts, lighter flanks, streaked throat, green yellow bill, pink or flesh legs, red iris. Females a little larger than males.
Distribution
South Texas, Mexico, northern Colombia, and Costa Rica.
Taxonomy
Six subspecies are recognized[1]:
- T.g. tamaulipensis
- T.g. microrhynchus
- T.g. grayi
- T.g. megas
- T.g. casius
- T.g. incomptus
Habitat
Gardens.
Behaviour
The diet includes fruit and invertebrates.
Its nest is a cup made from grass, moss, and mud. 2-4 pale blue, red-brown and grey marked eggs are laid. It sometimes produces 2 broods. At the local level, singing is highly synchronized, but at the regional level, timing of breeding can vary between one location and the next.
References
- 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.
- Morton & Stutchbury (2001): Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Birds. Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-675556-6
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