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Turdus olivater

Identification

23–24 cm (9-9½ in)
Male

  • Black hood
  • Olive-brown upperparts
  • Yellowy-orange underparts
  • Yellow bill
  • Narrow eye-ring

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 8 subspecies[1]:

  • T. o. sanctaemartae:
  • Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)
  • T. o. olivater:
  • T. o. caucae:
  • T. o. paraquensis:
  • T. o. kemptoni:
  • Tepuis of southern Venezuela (Cerro de la Neblina)
  • T. o. duidae:
  • T. o. roraimae:
  • T. o. ptaritepui:
  • Tepuis of south-eastern Venezuela (Mlount Ptari-tepui)

Habitat

Humid montane forests. They are found from the canopy down to the lower storey and in forest edges and borders; also secondary forests.

Behaviour

Diet

There is little information. They feed in the leaf litter and are know to join army ant swarms.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2017)

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External Links

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