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Turdus olivater

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and Brazil.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 8 subspecies:

• T. o. sanctaemartae:

• Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)

• T. o. olivater:

• Eastern Colombia and coastal mountains of northern Venezuela

• T. o. caucae:

• South-western Colombia (Cauca Valley)

• T. o. paraquensis:

• Tepuis of southern Venezuela (Cerro Paraque)

• T. o. kemptoni:

• Tepuis of southern Venezuela (Cerro de la Neblina)

• T. o. duidae:

• Tepuis of southern Venezuela (Mount Duida)

• T. o. roraimae:

• Tepuis of southern Venezuela (southern Bolívar), southern Guyana and adjacent northern Brazil

• T. o. ptaritepui:

• Tepuis of south-eastern Venezuela (Mlount Ptari-tepui)

[edit] Habitat

Moist montane forests and high-altitude shrubland.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] 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

• List of references

[edit] External Links