Rosy Thrush-tanager (Rhodinocichla rosea) [XC386470]
by Ron A. Fernandez from Anolaima, Cundinamarca, Colombia (song)
Rosy Thrush-tanager (Rhodinocichla rosea) [XC234202]
by Fabrice Schmitt from Minca, Santa Marta Mountains, Magdalena, Colombia (song)
Subspecies
Relationships uncertain. Traditionally placed in present family, and such treatment partly supported by recent genetic and morphological data, but further evidence required. Sometimes thought to be closest to mockingbirds and thrashers (Mimidae). Subspecies represent at least three geographically isolated populations. Furthermore, it is possible that the three subspecies in South America (typically represented as a single geographical unit) are isolated from each other.
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:
schistacea Ridgway, 1878 - Western Mexico from southern Sinaloa south to western Michoacán, also isolated population in vicinity of Laguna Tres Palos (near Acapulco, in Guerrero).
eximia Ridgway, 1902 - Western Costa Rica (eastern San José) south to central Panama (Panamá on Pacific slope; locally on Caribbean slope in Coclé and Colon).
harterti Hellmayr, 1918 - Colombia (northern and western base of Santa Marta Mts and western Guajira; eastern slope of central Andes in northern Tolima; and western slope of eastern range from Norte de Santander south to Cundinamarca).
beebei Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1949 - Both slopes of Perijá Mts, on Venezuela-Colombia border.
rosea (Lesson, 1832) - Northern Venezuela in Sierra de San Luis, southern Lara, and coastal cordillera (from Yaracuy east to Distrito Federal and Miranda, south to extreme northern Guárico at San Francisco de Macaira).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet