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Alternative name: Andean Slaty Thrush

Photo by Fritz73
Calilegua NP, Jujuy, Argentina, 2003
Turdus nigriceps

Includes: Eastern Slaty-Thrush

Identification

19–21·5 cm

  • Slate-grey upperparts
  • Underparts slightly lighter
  • White throat with dark streaks

Distribution

South America: found in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and North-west Argentina.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • T. n. nigriceps: Slaty Thrush (Andean):
  • T. n. subalaris: Slaty Thrush (Eastern):

The subspecies subalaris is sometimes considered to be a separate species, the Eastern Slaty Thrush.

Habitat

Temperate forests and moist lowland and montane forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of fruit, supplemented with snails, beetles, flies etc.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
  4. Wikipedia

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