Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis)

Other Names (World)
Black-billed Thrush, Black-billed Robin

Family
Turdidae (Thrushes)

Size
21.50 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater, 1857

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest, subtropical and tropical dry and moist shrubland, dry savanna. From 900 - 2,000 m, occasionally up to 2,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, 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 unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (24)...)

Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis) [XC528032]
by Jerome Fischer from Ukuku Rural Lodge, Juntas, Ibague, Tolima, Colombia @ (4.5585,-75.3275), Colombia (call)

Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis) [XC683965]
by Jacob Wijpkema from Brisas, Colombia (song, llamadas de agresi\u00f3n)

Subspecies
Has been treated as conspecific with Mountain Thrush (Turdus plebejus), but probably not closely related.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

goodfellowi Hartert & Hellmayr, 1901 - Andes of western Colombia.
ignobilis Sclater, 1857 - Andes of central and eastern Colombia.
debilis Hellmayr, 1902 - Eastern Colombia, western Venezuela, and western Amazonia in Brazil, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and northern Bolivia.
murinus Salvin, 1885 - Southern Venezuela and Guyana.
arthuri (Chubb, 1914) - Tepuis of south-eastern Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis) - 10 files

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