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Photo by Luisrock62
Bariloche, Argentina

Turdus falcklandii

[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:

• Falkland Islands

[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

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• Arthur Grosset's Birds