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Revision as of 19:20, 5 August 2009

Photo by Steve G
An adult bird of race phaeopygoides. Photo taken: Main Ridge Forest Reserve on Tobago.
Turdus albicollis

Identification

20½-26 cm. Dark brown upperparts, turning duskier or greyer towards the ocular region, white throat with dark streaks, white crissum and central belly, grey chest tinged brown, pinkish-brown legs and a red or yellow eye-ring. Sexes are similar, but juveniles are duller, with dull orange spotting above, and brownish spotting below.

Distribution

Eastern Brazil, far northern Uruguay, eastern Paraguay, far north-eastern Argentina, western Venezuela, and the islands of Trinidad and Tobago.


Taxonomy

The phaeopygos group (including subspecies phaopygoides, spodiolaemus and contemptus) is mainly found in the Amazon Basin.

Habitat

Humid forest and woodland near mountains.

Behaviour

It feeds on or near the ground and the diet includes invertebrates, some fruit and berries; it regularly follows army ant swarms.

The nest is a lined cup of twigs placed low in a tree or bush. 2-3 reddish-blotched green-blue eggs are laid and incubated by the female alone for 12-13 days.

Vocalisation

<flashmp3> White Necked Thrush Regua 12h43m38s11sep2008.mp3</flashmp3>
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Song, albicollis. REGUA, RJ, Brazil. Recording by Andrew Whitehouse

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