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Alternative name: Clay-colored Thrush

Turdus grayi

Photo by Gary Clark
Location: Wilson Botanical Garden near San Vito, Costa Rica.

Identification

23–27 cm. Brown, paler underparts, lighter flanks, streaked throat, green yellow bill, pink or flesh legs, red iris.

Distribution

South Texas, Mexico, northern Colombia, and Costa Rica.

Taxonomy

Six subspecies are recognized: tamaulipensis, microrhynchus, grayi, megas, casius, and incomptus.

Habitat

Gardens.

Behaviour

The diet includes fruit and invertebrates.

Its nest is a cup made from grass, moss, and mud. 2-4 pale blue, red-brown and grey marked eggs are laid. It sometimes produces 2 broods.

References

Wikipedia

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