Ecuadorian thrush

Species of bird

Ecuadorian thrush

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Family:  | Turdidae
Genus:  | Turdus
Species:  |

T. maculirostris

Binomial name
Turdus maculirostris

Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884

Synonyms

Turdus nudigenis maculirostris

The Ecuadorian thrush (Turdus maculirostris) is a resident bird found in western South America in western Ecuador and far northwestern Peru. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the spectacled thrush (yellow-eyed thrush), Turdus nudigenis, but has a narrower eyering, and is widely separated in range.

The habitat of this thrush is woodland, and forest edges and clearings, up to 2000 metres.

## Description

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The Ecuadorian thrush is 21.5 – 23 cm long. It is plain olive-brown above (paler than bare-eyed) and a paler brown below. The throat is brown-streaked off-white, and the lower belly is whitish. It has a narrow yellow eye ring. Sexes are similar, but young birds are flecked above and spotted below. There are no subspecies.

## Behaviour

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The nest is a lined bulky cup of twigs low in a tree. The only known clutch was of three reddish-blotched blue eggs.

The Ecuadorian thrush feeds in trees on fruit, berries and some insects and earthworms. It is a shy species, and may be largely crepuscular. It is normally alone or in pairs, but may congregate in fruiting trees, often with plumbeous-backed thrush.

## References

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1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Turdus maculirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22708925A132079020. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22708925A132079020.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

* Clement and Hathaway Thrushes ISBN 0-7136-3940-7

Taxon identifiers

Turdus maculirostris|

* Wikidata: Q2670049
* Wikispecies: Turdus maculirostris
* Avibase: CA2946CAC267611E
* BirdLife: 22708925
* BOW: ecuthr1
* CoL: 59PM6
* eBird: ecuthr1
* EoL: 921675
* GBIF: 2490776
* iNaturalist: 12762
* IRMNG: 10926204
* ITIS: 563591
* IUCN: 22708925
* NCBI: 411545
* Neotropical: ecuthr1
* Observation.org: 76071
* Open Tree of Life: 1058851
* Xeno-canto: Turdus-maculirostris