Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus fuscater)

Other Names (World)
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush, Black-backed Nightingale-thrush (hellmayri)

Family
Turdidae (Thrushes)

Size
17.50 - 19.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye, 1845)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From 600 - 3,250 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)...)

Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus fuscater) [XC861129]
by Juan Freile from Reserva Intillacta, Ecuador (song)

Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus fuscater) [XC545139]
by Fabrice Schmitt from Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Proposed taxon fumosus apparently based on hybrid between present species and Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus mexicanus). Racial affiliation of population recently discovered in central Andes of Colombia not determined.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

hellmayri von Berlepsch, 1902 - Costa Rica and western Panama.
mirabilis Nelson, 1912 - Eastern Panama.
fuscater (Lafresnaye, 1845) - Eastern Panama (eastern Dari�n), Colombia south to western Ecuador, and western Venezuela.
sanctaemartae Ridgway, 1904 - Santa Marta Mts, in northern Colombia.
opertaneus Wetmore, 1955 - Western Colombia (northern part of western Andes).
caniceps Chapman, 1924 - North-western and central Peru, probably also south-western Ecuador.
mentalis Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1876 - South-eastern Peru and north-western Bolivia.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus fuscater) - 10 files

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