Order: Passeriformes | Family: Turdidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lambayeque, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Loja, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lambayeque, Peru
Age: Sub-adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Chaparri, Lambayeque
Identification & Behavior: ~22 cm (8.6 in). The Plumbeous-backed Thrush has blue-gray upperparts and tail. The iris is white. The bill is yellowish. The underparts are creamy-white. The throat is streaked with black. It forages in the canopy and sub-canopy of semi-deciduous forests. The bicolored plumage and pale iris are unmistakeable but see Slaty Thrush.
Status: The Plumbeous-backed Thrush is common in the semi-deciduous forest of extreme northwest Peru where it ranges at elevations of up to 1500 m. It also occurs in Ec.
Name in Spanish: Zorzal de Dorso Plomizo.
Sub-species: Plumbeous-backed Thrush (Turdus reevei), Lawrence, 1869.
Meaning of Name: Turdus: L. turdus= thrush. reevei: In honor of J. F. Reeve (fl. 1870) US collector resident in Ecuador.
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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.