White-throated thrush

White-throated thrush
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Turdidae
Genus:	Turdus
Species:	T. assimilis
Binomial name
Turdus assimilis Cabanis, 1851

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.[2] 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.[2]

Description

The white-throated thrush measures about 23 cm (9.1 in).[3] 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.[4]

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; 3 sightings have been recorded (1990 and 1998 in Texas and 2019 in Arizona).[5][6]

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Turdus assimilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22708938A94185686. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708938A94185686.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. 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
3. Garrigues, Richard; Dean, Robert (2007). The Birds of Costa Rica. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9.
4. Angehr, George R.; Dean, Robert (2010). The Birds of Panama. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7.
5. "White-throated Thrush". Texasbirds.org. Texas Ornithological Society. 1997. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
6. "White-throated Thrush". www.azfo.org. Retrieved 2019-03-04.

Further reading

• Skutch, Alexander F. (1960). "White-throated thrush" (PDF). Life Histories of Central American Birds II. Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 34. Berkeley, California: Cooper Ornithological Society. pp. 83–86.

External links

• BirdLife species factsheet for Turdus assimilis
• "Turdus assimilis". Avibase.
• "White-throated Thrush media". Internet Bird Collection.
• White-throated Thrush photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
• White-throated Thrush species account at Neotropical Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
• Interactive range map of Turdus assimilis at IUCN Red List maps