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Photo by Luisrock62Bariloche, Argentina
Photo by Luisrock62
Bariloche, Argentina
Turdus falcklandii

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[edit] Identification

  • Grey-brown upperparts
  • Blackish head
  • Orange-buff underparts
  • White throat with blackish streaks
  • Yellow eye-ring
  • Yellow bill and legs

Juvenile is spotted below and on its back

[edit] Distribution

Central and southern Chile, southern Argentina and the Falkland Islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies[1]

There are 3 subspecies:

  • T. f. pembertoni:
  • South-central Argentina (Río Negro and Neuquén)
  • T. f. magellanicus:
  • Southern Chile and southern Argentina to Tierra del Fuego; Juan Fernández Island
  • T. f. falcklandii:

[edit] Habitat

Forest, farmland, gardens.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
  2. Arthur Grosset

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