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Photo by Gary Clark
Location: Quito, Ecuador.

Turdus fuscater

Identification

33mm (13") Sooty gray. Orange bill and yellow-orange legs. Male has yellow eye-ring.
Female lacks eye-ring.

Distribution

Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia. Also found in Sierra de Perijá and Santa Marta mountains.

Taxonomy

Photo by mmdnje
Parque Nacional Cajas, Ecuador

Subspecies^[1]

• T. f. cacozelus - Santa Marta Mountains of north-eastern Colombia
• T. f. clarus - Sierra de Perijá on the Colombia/Venezuela border
• T. f. quindio - Central and Western Andes of Colombia to northern Ecuador
• T. f. gigas - Eastern Andes of Colombia to western Venezuela (Mérida and Táchira to Lara)
• T. f. gigantodes - Southern Ecuador to northern Peru (Junín)
• T. f. ockendeni - Andes of south-eastern Peru (Cuzco and Puno)
• T. f. fuscater - Andes of western Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba)

Habitat

Borders of montane forest and woodlands, agricultural areas and clearings. Mostly from 2500 to 4000m but have been found at altitudes as low as 1800m. Common in treed parks in urban areas.

Behaviour

Known to flick its tail upwards.

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.

• List of references

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