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Revision as of 14:46, 13 March 2011
Alternative name: Sooty Robin
- Turdus nigrescens
Identification
24-25.5 cm. Very typical appearance and habits of the Turdus genus, but easily identifiable by color - brown-black with black wings and tail, and a black area between the orange bill and the eye. Orange legs, bare eye ring, and pale grey iris are diagnostic. The female is similar but browner and somewhat paler, with yellow-orange bare parts. The juvenile resembles the adult female but has buff or orange streaks on the head and upperparts and dark spotting on the underparts.
Distribution
Highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Open areas and oak forest edge.
Behaviour
It builds a heavy grass-lined cup nest. 2 unmarked greenish-blue eggs are laid between March and May.
It turns leaf litter seeking insects and spiders, and also eats small fruits.
References
- Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
