Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Turdidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Madre de Dios, Peru


Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil

Identification & Behavior: ~22 cm (8.6 in). The Black-billed Thrush has dull gray upperparts with a black bill and no eye-ring. The throat is whitish streaked with black. The rest of the underparts are gray with a white center of belly, vent, and undertail coverts. If forages mostly on the ground in semi-open habitats and forest edges. It is similar to the Creamy-bellied Thrush but is distinguished by having a black bill and gray breast and sides of the underparts.

Status: The Black-billed Thrush is common and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1200 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Zorzal de Pico Negro.

Sub-species: Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis debilis), Hellmayr, 1902.

Meaning of Name: Turdus: L. turdus= thrush. ignobilis: L. ignobilis= obscure, undistinguished, ordinary.

See more of the Family Turdidae  peru aves

Distribution Map
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References:

    • Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum.  http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.