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+ | [[Image:11 0010(Rufous-collared Thrush).jpg|thumb|550px|right|adult<br />Photo by {{user|pbono|Peter R. Bono}}<br />Dos Lagunas, northeast of San Cristobal des las Casas, [[Chiapas]], [[Mexico]], July 2009]] | ||
+ | '''Alternative name: Rufous-collared Thrush.''' | ||
;[[:Category:Turdus|Turdus]] rufitorques | ;[[:Category:Turdus|Turdus]] rufitorques | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
+ | '''All plumages''': Undertail coverts with white streaks. Bill and legs are yellow. <br /> | ||
+ | '''Adult male''': black on head, lower belly, tail, wings, back and mantle; rufous on breast and in a broad ring around the neck. <br /> | ||
+ | '''Adult female''': black of male replaced with greyish-brown, the rufous likewise less bright.<br /> | ||
+ | '''Immature''': can be quite dark with only a shadow of the collar. | ||
+ | [[Image:11 0012(Rufous-collared Thrush).jpg|thumb|350px|right|adult<br />Photo by {{user|pbono|Peter R. Bono}}<br />Dos Lagunas, northeast of San Cristobal des las Casas, [[Chiapas]], [[Mexico]], July 2009]] | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
− | [[El Salvador]] | + | [[El Salvador]] and [[Guatemala]] to [[Mexico]] south of Isthmus, and possibly [[Honduras]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
+ | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
− | + | Found in mid to high elevation in forest (pine or pine-oak), grassy areas and around human habitation. | |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
− | + | [[Image:Rufous-collared_Thrush_Cerro_Verde_Jan_05_J._Jackson_(1).jpg|thumb|350px|right|Immature<br />Photo by {{user|screaming+piha|screaming piha}}<br />Cerro Verde, [[El Salvador]], January 2005]] | |
+ | Sings from an exposed perch. | ||
+ | ==References== | ||
+ | # Howell & Webb, 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540124 | ||
+ | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=165209 BirdForum id thread] discussing id of some [[Central America|Central American]] thrushes | ||
+ | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Turdus+rufitorques}} | {{GSearch|Turdus+rufitorques}} | ||
− | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Turdus | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Turdus]] |
Latest revision as of 21:40, 7 July 2014
Alternative name: Rufous-collared Thrush.
- Turdus rufitorques
Identification
All plumages: Undertail coverts with white streaks. Bill and legs are yellow.
Adult male: black on head, lower belly, tail, wings, back and mantle; rufous on breast and in a broad ring around the neck.
Adult female: black of male replaced with greyish-brown, the rufous likewise less bright.
Immature: can be quite dark with only a shadow of the collar.
Distribution
El Salvador and Guatemala to Mexico south of Isthmus, and possibly Honduras.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Found in mid to high elevation in forest (pine or pine-oak), grassy areas and around human habitation.
Behaviour
Sings from an exposed perch.
References
- Howell & Webb, 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540124
- 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.
- BirdForum id thread discussing id of some Central American thrushes
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rufous-collared Robin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rufous-collared_Robin