Black-hooded Thrush (Turdus olivater)

Other Names (World)
Black-hooded Thrush, Olive-backed Thrush, Cauca Thrush (caucae)

Family
Turdidae (Thrushes)

Size
23 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye, 1848)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 600 - 2,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Black-hooded Thrush (Turdus olivater) [XC442815]
by id from Rancho Grande, Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, Aragua, Venezuela (song)

Black-hooded Thrush (Turdus olivater) [XC481597]
by Rolf A. de By from El Dorado lodge, Cumbre trail, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
Has been suggested that subspecies caucae merits elevation to species rank, but it is morphologically only moderately distinct.

The following 8 subspecies are recognised:

sanctaemartae (Todd, 1913) - Northern Colombia (Santa Marta).
caucae (Chapman, 1914) - South-western Colombia.
olivater (Lafresnaye, 1848) - Mountains of northern and western Venezuela and adjacent Colombia.
paraquensis Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1946 - Cerro Paraque (southern Venezuela).
kemptoni Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1955 - Cerro de la Neblina (southern Venezuela).
duidae Chapman, 1929 - Southern Venezuela (north-western Bol��var, northern Amazonas).
ptaritepui Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1946 - South-eastern Venezuela (south-eastern Bol��var).
roraimae Salvin & Godman, 1884 - South-eastern Venezuela, western Guyana and adjacent extreme northern Brazil.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-hooded Thrush (Turdus olivater) - 10 files

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