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'''Alternative names: American Mountain Thrush; Mountain Thrush'''
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'''Alternative names: American Mountain Thrush; Mountain Robin'''<br />
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'''Disambiguation: for the African bird called "Mountain Thrush", this is currently called [[Abyssinian Thrush]], ''Turdus abyssinicus''.'''
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[[Image:Mountain RobinSJ.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}} <br />Province of San Jose, [[Costa Rica]], February, 2014]]
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[[Image:MountainRobin.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|paul47|paul47}}<br />Volcan, [[Panama]], March 2008 ]]
 
;[[: Category:Turdus|Turdus]] plebejus
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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23-26 cm.  Dull olive-brown, faint white streaks on the throat, black bill, dark brown legs. The juvenile resembles the adult, but has but has buff or orange streaks on the head and upperparts, and dark spotting on the underparts.
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23-26 cm <br />
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*Dull olive-brown
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*Faint white streaks on the throat
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*Black bill
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*Dark brown legs<br />
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'''Juvenile''':
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*Buff or orange streaks on the head and upperparts
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*Dark spotting on the underparts
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<br />Otherwise similar to the adult
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Southern [[Mexico]] to western [[Panama]].
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[[Central America]]: found in [[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[El Salvador]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]]
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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There are three subspecies:
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====Subspecies====
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There are three subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''T. p. plebejus'' - [[Costa Rica]] and western Panama.
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*''T. p. differens'': olive above, and olive brown below
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:*Mountains of south-eastern [[Mexico]] (extreme south-eastern Chiapas) and [[Guatemala]]
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*''T. p. differens'' - Mexico to [[Guatemala]]; olive above, and olive brown below.
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*''T. p. rafaelensis'':
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:*Mountains of [[El Salvador]] and [[Nicaragua]]
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*''T. p. rafaelensi'' - [[Honduras]] to northwestern [[Nicaragua]]; intermediate between the northern and southern subspecies above, and is often merged with ''differens''.
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*''T. p. plebejus'':
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:*Mountains of [[Costa Rica]] and western [[Panama]] (Bocas del Toro and Chiriquí)
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Tall mountain forests and adjacent more open areas and woodland edge.  
 
Tall mountain forests and adjacent more open areas and woodland edge.  
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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It builds a grass or rootlet-lined large cup nest; 2–3 greenish-blue eggs are laid.
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====Breeding====
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The cup nest is lined with grass or rootlets. The clutch consists of 2–3 greenish-blue eggs.
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====Diet====
 
The diet includes  small fruits, insects and spiders.
 
The diet includes  small fruits, insects and spiders.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase
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#AvianWeb
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Turdus+plebejus}}
 
{{GSearch|Turdus+plebejus}}
  
  
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]][[Category:Turdus]]
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Turdus]]

Latest revision as of 22:54, 22 January 2016

Alternative names: American Mountain Thrush; Mountain Robin

Disambiguation: for the African bird called "Mountain Thrush", this is currently called Abyssinian Thrush, Turdus abyssinicus.

Photo by Stanley Jones
Province of San Jose, Costa Rica, February, 2014
Photo by paul47
Volcan, Panama, March 2008
Turdus plebejus

Identification

23-26 cm

  • Dull olive-brown
  • Faint white streaks on the throat
  • Black bill
  • Dark brown legs

Juvenile:

  • Buff or orange streaks on the head and upperparts
  • Dark spotting on the underparts


Otherwise similar to the adult

Distribution

Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are three subspecies[1]:

  • T. p. differens: olive above, and olive brown below
  • Mountains of south-eastern Mexico (extreme south-eastern Chiapas) and Guatemala
  • T. p. rafaelensis:
  • T. p. plebejus:

Habitat

Tall mountain forests and adjacent more open areas and woodland edge.

Behaviour

Breeding

The cup nest is lined with grass or rootlets. The clutch consists of 2–3 greenish-blue eggs.

Diet

The diet includes small fruits, insects and spiders.

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.
  2. Avibase
  3. AvianWeb

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