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Upperparts are plain brown, with underside lighter. Throat is striped with white and brown, but a much more obvious field mark is the large yellow eyering that consists of bare facial skin. The bill is yellow. The color of the brown parts can vary quite a bit, some of the variation might be dependent on light quality, but some may also depend on geographic variation. | Upperparts are plain brown, with underside lighter. Throat is striped with white and brown, but a much more obvious field mark is the large yellow eyering that consists of bare facial skin. The bill is yellow. The color of the brown parts can vary quite a bit, some of the variation might be dependent on light quality, but some may also depend on geographic variation. | ||
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Revision as of 22:07, 22 February 2009
Alternative names: Bare-eyed Robin (AOU checklist) or Bare-eyed Thrush (Clements checklist).
- Turdus nudigenis
Identification
Upperparts are plain brown, with underside lighter. Throat is striped with white and brown, but a much more obvious field mark is the large yellow eyering that consists of bare facial skin. The bill is yellow. The color of the brown parts can vary quite a bit, some of the variation might be dependent on light quality, but some may also depend on geographic variation.
Similar Species
The yellow eyering is shared with Forest Thrush, but the latter species has underside scaled in brown and white.
Distribution
N Brazil to Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Lesser Antilles reaching at least to Guadeloupe. This bird has been spreading north through the Lesser Antilles for example arriving in Martinique in 1951.
Taxonomy
Found in two subspecies.
Habitat
It seems mainly to occur in cultivated areas and open dry forest in Dominica, while the Forest Thrush is found in old growth rainforest.
Behaviour
This thrush is agressive towards other similar birds and has been suspected as a culprit in the near extinction of Forest Thrush from St. Lucia.
