Spotted Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus dryas)

Other Names (World)
Spotted Nightingale-Thrush, Golden-breasted Nightingale-thrush, Gould's Nightingale-Thrush

Family
Turdidae (Thrushes)

Size
16.50 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1855)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From 600 - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, 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 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus dryas) [XC880017]
by Carlos Funes from Rey Tepepul, Solol\u00e1, Guatemala (song)

Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus dryas) [XC335815]
by id from Campamento El Triunfo, Chiapas, Mexico (song)

Subspecies
Proposed subspecies harrisoni (from Oaxaca, in southern Mexico) regarded as exhibiting characters within the range of variation of ovandensis. Similarly, ecuadoreanus (Andes of western Ecuador) within range of variation of maculatus. Subspecies maculatus, however, is itself weakly differentiated and barely sustainable.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

ovandensis Brodkorb, 1938 - Southern Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas).
dryas (Gould, 1855) - Western Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
maculatus (P. L. Sclater, 1858) - Western Venezuela, eastern Colombia, western and eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and western Bolivia.
blakei Olrog, 1973 - Southern Bolivia south to northern Argentina (Jujuy, Salta).
harrisoni Phillips, AR & Rook, 1965 - Oaxaca (south-western Mexico).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Spotted Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus dryas) - 10 files

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