Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris)

Other Names (World)
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush, Grey-headed Nightingale-thrush (griseiceps/phaeopleurus), Gray-headed Nightingale-thrush (griseiceps/phaeopleurus)

Family
Turdidae (Thrushes)

Size
15.50 - 17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartlaub, 1850)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, high altitude shrubland. From 400 - 2,900 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (117)...)

Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris) [XC493459]
by William Adsett from Caracara\u00ed, Roraima, Brazil (song)

Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris) [XC539960]
by Yoann Blanchon from Hornito, Gualaca, Provincia de Chiriqu\u00ed, Panama (song)

Subspecies
Grey-headed subspecies griseiceps and phaeopleurus sometimes considered to represent a separate species. Subspecies sierrae sometimes merged into nominate. Described subspecies aenopennis (from northern Sinaloa and south-western Chihuahua, in Mexico), bangsi (El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala) and russatus (mountains of south-western Costa Rica and western Panama) synonymized with, respectively, clarus, melpomene and griseiceps.

The following 14 subspecies are recognised:

clarus Jouy, 1894 - North-western and north-central Mexico.
melpomene (Cabanis, 1850) - Central and southern Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and north-western Nicaragua.
costaricensis Hellmayr, 1902 - Costa Rica.
griseiceps Salvin, 1866 - South-western Costa Rica and western and central Panama.
phaeopleurus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1876 - Western Colombia.
sierrae Hellmayr, 1919 - Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in northern Colombia.
aurantiirostris (Hartlaub, 1850) - North-eastern Colombia and western Venezuela.
barbaritoi Aveledo & Gin�s, 1952 - Perij� Mts, in north-western Venezuela.
birchalli Seebohm, 1881 - North-eastern Venezuela and Trinidad.
inornatus Zimmer, JT, 1944 - Western slope of eastern Andes of Colombia (Santander).
insignis Zimmer, JT, 1944 - Eastern slope of Andes of Colombia.
aenopennis Moore, RT, 1937 - Highlands of north-western Mexico (northern Sinaloa to south-western Chihuahua).
bangsi Dickey & van Rossem, 1925 - Guatemala to El Salvador and Honduras.
russatus Griscom, 1924 - Mountains of south-western Costa Rica and western Panama.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris) - 10 files

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