Black-billed thrush
| Black-billed thrush | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Turdus |
| Species: | T. ignobilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Turdus ignobilis PL Sclater, 1857 | |
The black-billed thrush (Turdus ignobilis) is a bird in the genus Turdus native to Amazonia.
Distribution and habitat
The species is the most common Turdus thrush of disturbed habitats in western Amazonia and on the Guianan Shield, occurring in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, 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 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Turdus ignobilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- 1 2 "Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis)". Neotropical Birds Online. Cornell Lab of Ornithology.