Black-billed thrush

The black-billed thrush (Turdus ignobilis) is a bird in the family Turdidae native to the Amazon biome.

Black-billed thrush
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Turdus
Species:
T. ignobilis
Binomial name
Turdus ignobilis

Distribution and habitat

The species is the most common Turdus thrush of disturbed habitats in western Amazonia and on the Guianan Shield, occurring in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and Bolivia. It inhabits a variety of habitats including clearings, savannas with gallery woodland, cerrado, humid forest borders, coffee plantations, and various other habitats under anthropogenic influence.[1][2]

Ecology

The black-billed thrush feeds on terrestrial invertebrates (beetles and flies, worms, crickets and caterpillars) as well as berries and fruits. The bird inhabits the midstory of vegetation. It lays two eggs in a cup-shaped nest. Individuals are generally solitary.[2]

References
  1. BirdLife International 2016. Turdus ignobilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103890779A94183492. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103890779A94183492.en. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  2. "Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis)". Neotropical Birds Online. Cornell Lab of Ornithology.


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