Birds of Brazil

    PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae (Thrushes)  
Genus: Turdus (17 species, 87 worldwide)

Genus Turdus, typical thrushes, includes medium to large species found worldwide including the American Robin and European (Common) Blackbird. Turdus thrushes have a consistent shape, and generally stay close to the ground looking for worms and other insects.


White-necked Thrush
White-necked Thrush (Turdus albicollis spodiolaemus)
Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Heard more often than seen in mature tropical forests.

Creamy-bellied Thrush
Creamy-bellied Thrush (Turdus amaurochalinus)
Ituzaingó, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note light yellow bill and same color head as wings compared to Pale-breasted Thrush.

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Campina Thrush (Turdus arthuri)
   


Split from the Black-billed Thrush based on vocal and DNA differences. Note 'campina' or white-sand forest habitat. The species is also found locally in northwest Brazil away from varzea where the virtually identical Black-billed Thrush 'debilis' race is found.

Yellow-legged Thrush
Yellow-legged Thrush (Turdus flavipes venezuelensis)
ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note darker head and neck than body on male. Female is brown, darker on back. Compare to Black-hooded Thrush. Found in montane forests.

Cocoa Thrush
Cocoa Thrush (Turdus fumigatus aquilonalis)
Trinidad  
   
Photograph by Feroze Omardeen     Copyright and usage info


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Unicolored Thrush (Turdus haplochrous) Near Threatened
   



Hauxwell's Thrush
Hauxwell's Thrush (Turdus hauxwelli)
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in 'terra firme' and varzea forests. Determined to be genetically very different from Varzea Thrush. Note dark olive-brown bill and song.


Black-billed Thrush
Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis debilis)
Mocoa, Putumayo, Colombia
  'Debilis' Amazon lowland race. Note white throat, vent and streaks on chest.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A large thrush that is found in lowlands, except for two races in the Colombian/Venezuelan Andes. In Colombia, the Andean race is common inside cities. The lowland race 'debilis' is a different species and called the Floodplain Thrush by HBW.
Black-billed Thrushes use a lot of mud in their nests.

Lawrence's Thrush
Lawrence's Thrush (Turdus lawrencii)
Sani Lodge, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Known to mimic other birds and animals (Athanas).

Pale-breasted Thrush
Pale-breasted Thrush (Turdus leucomelas albiventer)
Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Widespread. A generic thrush with an unusual jay-like call for a thrush.

Pale-eyed Thrush
Pale-eyed Thrush (Turdus leucops) Male
Pantiacolla Ridge, Madre de Dios, Peru  
   
Photograph by Graham Montgomery   © All Rights Reserved.

Pale-eyed Thrush
Pale-eyed Thrush (Turdus leucops) Female
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A very shy thrush found at over 1200m inside the forest. Flies to canopy with any sign of danger.

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Pantepui Thrush (Turdus murinus)
   


Split from the Black-billed Thrush and found only in the tepuis of Guyana and Venezuela.

Spectacled Thrush
Spectacled Thrush (Turdus nudigenis nudigenis)
Guayabetal, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Black-hooded Thrush
Black-hooded Thrush (Turdus olivater)
Colombia  
   
Photograph by Terry S. Baltimore   © All Rights Reserved.

Male is browner than the otherwise similar Yellow-legged Thrush. Females similarly uniform brown. Found in montane forests.

Rufous-bellied Thrush
Rufous-bellied Thrush (Turdus rufiventris)
Cuiaba, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Varzea Thrush
Varzea Thrush (Turdus sanchezorum)
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from Hauxwell's Thrush. Found in varzea forest.
Nest with three eggs.

Blacksmith Thrush
Blacksmith Thrush (Turdus subalaris) Male
Trilha dos Tucanos, SP, Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.

Blacksmith Thrush
Blacksmith Thrush (Turdus subalaris) Female
Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.



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