Login
Login

White-throated thrush

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Mirlo Garganta Blanca, White Throated Thrush, Turdus assimilis (13362733943), crop.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Turdus assimilis |volume=2016 |page=e.T22708938A94185686 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708938A94185686.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| taxon = Turdus assimilis

| authority = Cabanis, 1851

| synonyms =

| range_map = Turdus assimilis map 2.svg

}}

The white-throated thrush (Turdus assimilis) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Mexico and Central America, ranging south to central Panama.Collar, N. J. (2005). White-throated Thrush (Turdus assimilis). Pp. 663 in: del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; & Christie, D. A. eds. (2005). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes. Lynx Edicion, Barcelona. {{ISBN|84-87334-72-5}} This species has been referred to in some literature as "white-throated robin." However, that name is now more usually applied to the Old World species Irania gutturalis.

Subspecies

There are 13 subspecies, and the Dagua thrush (East Panama and coastal South America) and white-necked thrush (South America) have sometimes also been included as subspecies.

Description

The white-throated thrush measures about {{convert|23|cm|in|abbr=on}}. It features a distinctive black and white streaked throat bounded by a solid white crescent. Breast is light gray to gray-brown, back is dark gray to gray-brown. It also has bold yellow eyerings, bill and feet.

Habitat, status and vagrancy

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is common in its range and an extremely rare vagrant into Texas and Arizona; three sightings have been recorded (1990 and 1998 in Texas and 2019 in Arizona).{{Cite web |url= http://www.azfo.org/gallery/2019/html01/WTTH_Madera_Core_09_January_2019_636826575312039952.html |title=White-throated Thrush |website= www.azfo.org |access-date= 2019-03-04}}

References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{cite web |url=http://texasbirds.org/tbrc/wtrobin.htm |title=White-throated Thrush |date=1997 |website=Texasbirds.org |publisher=Texas Ornithological Society |access-date=29 June 2014}}

{{cite book |last1=Garrigues |first1=Richard |last2=Dean |first2=Robert |date=2007 |title=The Birds of Costa Rica |location=Ithaca |publisher=Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press |page=250 |isbn=978-0-8014-7373-9 }}

{{cite book |last1=Angehr |first1=George R. |last2=Dean |first2=Robert |date=2010 |title=The Birds of Panama |location=Ithaca |publisher=Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press |page=304 |isbn=978-0-8014-7674-7 }}

}}

Further reading

{{refbegin}}

  • {{ cite book | last=Skutch | first=Alexander F. | author-link=Alexander Skutch | date=1960 | chapter=White-throated thrush | title=Life Histories of Central American Birds II | series=Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 34 | location=Berkeley, California | publisher=Cooper Ornithological Society | chapter-url=https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/pca/pca_034.pdf#page=84 | pages=83–86 | ref=none }}

{{refend}}

External links

{{Commons category|Turdus assimilis}}

{{Wikispecies|Turdus assimilis}}

  • {{BirdLife|22708938|Turdus assimilis}}
  • {{Avibase|name=Turdus assimilis}}
  • {{InternetBirdCollection|white-throated-thrush-turdus-albicollis|White-throated Thrush}}
  • {{VIREO|White-throated+Thrush|White-throated Thrush}}
  • {{NeotropicalBirds|whtrob1|White-throated Thrush}}
  • {{IUCN_Map|22708938/139422162|Turdus assimilis}}

{{Taxonbar|from=Q589946}}

white-throated thrush

Category:Birds of Central America

white-throated thrush

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

{{Turdidae-stub}}