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[[Image:Ruddy-capped_Nightingale-Thrush.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by the late '''[http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=35827 Jim Wood]'''<br />Savegre Lodge in the Highlands of [[Costa Rica]]]] | [[Image:Ruddy-capped_Nightingale-Thrush.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by the late '''[http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=35827 Jim Wood]'''<br />Savegre Lodge in the Highlands of [[Costa Rica]]]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 15 -18 cm. Olive-brown upperparts, rufous crown and nape, pale gray underparts, becoming whitish on the belly, and orange lower mandible. The juvenile is darker faced, has pale centres to the upperpart feathers, brownish flanks and breast, and dark barring or spots on the belly. | + | 15 -18 cm. Olive-brown upperparts, rufous crown and nape, pale gray underparts, becoming whitish on the belly, and orange lower mandible. The juvenile is darker faced, has pale centres to the upperpart feathers, brownish flanks and breast, and dark barring or spots on the belly. |
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| + | ====Similar species==== | ||
| + | [[Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush]] has all dark bill, has brown breast band, and has at least part of the crown grey. [[Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush]] has both bill and legs pink to orange. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Revision as of 02:05, 12 March 2018
- Catharus frantzii
Identification
15 -18 cm. Olive-brown upperparts, rufous crown and nape, pale gray underparts, becoming whitish on the belly, and orange lower mandible. The juvenile is darker faced, has pale centres to the upperpart feathers, brownish flanks and breast, and dark barring or spots on the belly.
Similar species
Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush has all dark bill, has brown breast band, and has at least part of the crown grey. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush has both bill and legs pink to orange.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Seven subspecies are recognized.[1]
- C. f. frantzii -- Mountains of w Jalisco to c Michoacán, c México and Morelos
- C. f. confusus -- Mts. of se San Luis Potosí to ne Hidalgo, ne Puebla and n Oaxaca
- C. f. nelsoni -- Mountains of s Mexico (sw Guerrero to se Oaxaca)
- C. f. chiapensis -- Mountains of s Mexico (central Chiapas)
- C. f. juancitonis -- Mountains of s Mexico (s Chiapas) to Guatemala and Honduras
- C. f. waldroni -- Mountains of n Nicaragua
- C. f. wetmorei -- Mountains of Costa Rica and w Panama (Chiriquí)
Habitat
The undergrowth of wet mountain oak and conifer forests.
Behaviour
It builds a bulky lined cup shaped nest in dense undergrowth or a thicket, often near water. 2 brown-blotched greyish or greenish-blue eggs are laid and incubated by the female for 15-16 days. The young are fed by both parents for 14-16 days more to fledgling.
Feeds on or near the ground. The diet includes insects and spiders, and small fruits.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ruddy-capped_Nightingale-Thrush
