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Alternative name: Sooty Robin

Photo by Stanley Jones
San José Province, Costa Rica. March, 2007

Turdus nigrescens

[edit] Identification

24-25.5 cm Very typical appearance and habits of the Turdus genus, but easily identifiable by color

• Brownish-black body
• Black wings and tail
• Black lores
• Orange bill and legs
• Bare eye ring
• Pale grey iris
  

Female
Photo by scottishdude
Savegre, Costa Rica, March 2011

Female: similar but browner and rather paler; yellowish-orange bare parts
Juvenile: similar to adult female; with buff or orange streaks on the head and upperparts and dark spotting on the underparts

[edit] Distribution

Central America: found in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama (extreme western Chiriquí).

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Open areas and oak forest edge.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

It builds a heavy grass-lined cup nest. The 2 unmarked greenish-blue eggs are laid between March and May.

[edit] Diet

It turns leaf litter seeking insects and spiders, and also eats small fruits.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

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