Order: Passeriformes | Family: Turdidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southwest Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Pichincha, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southwest Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southwest Ecuador
Identification & Behavior: ~23 cm (9 in). The Ecuadorian Thrush is mostly brown with darker upperparts. The center of the belly, vent, and undertail coverts are pale. The throat is pale and faintly streaked with brown. The bill is yellowish but the legs are dark. It has a narrow yellow orbital skin. It forages in forest interior, in the understory or on the ground. It is similar to the Pale-vented Thrush but is distinguished by being lighter brown and by having a yellowish bill and yellow orbital skin.
Status: The Ecuadorian Thrush is uncommon in the humid and semi-deciduous forests of extreme northwest Peru at elevations between 400-800 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Br.
Name in Spanish: Zorzal Ecuatoriano.
Sub-species: Ecuadorian Thrush (Turdus maculirostris), Berlepsch and Taczanowski, 1884.
Meaning of Name: Turdus: L. turdus= thrush. maculirostris: L. macula= spot and rostris, rostrum= -billed, beak.
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- 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.