THRUSHES   -   TURDIDAE

Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides venezuelensis Manu road between Pillahuata and San Pedro, Cusco department, Peru. The Myadestes solitaires are a distinctive group with an odd distribution. The species are spread over mountains of the Americas from Alaska to Bolivia, with four species also endemic to Hawaii. (D2)

Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis deignani La Cumbre, Oaxaca state, Mexico. (S5)		Slate-colored Solitaire Myadestes unicolor unicolor El Ocote Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas state. Mexico. (S5)

Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii juancitonis Tacaná volcano, San Marcos department, Guatemala. Common in montane forest from Mexico to Panama. (S5)

Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii magellanicus Tierra del Fuego, Region XII, Chile. The southernmost Turdus. (S5)

Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus oedicus North of Mapastepec, Chiapas state, Mexico. Identified to this subspecies based on the rufous upperparts and winter range. (S5)

Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus swainsoni Rio Bombuscaro, Zamora-Chinchipe prov., Ecuador. A common winter resident over much of tropical South America. (S5)

Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus swainsoni San Miguel de Los Bancos, Pichincha province, Ecuador. (D3)

Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 4 km southwest of La Joya de Santa María, Oaxaca. On its wintering grounds. (S5)

Sooty Thrush Turdus nigrescens Trogon Lodge, San José province, Costa Rica. Endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and Panama. (S5)

Pale-eyed Thrush Turdus leucops RNA Arrierito Antioqueño, Anorí, Antioquia department, Colombia. Male. Formerly Platycichla leucops, but that genus has been merged with Turdus. (D3)

Great Thrush Turdus fuscater quindio Quito, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Female. Photographed out the window of my Quito apartment. (D3)

Slaty Thrush Turdus nigriceps nigriceps Potrero de Yala provincial park, Jujuy province, Argentina. A singing male. (D3)

Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris rufiventris Pousada Piuval, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. An ubiquitous bird of eastern South America. (S6)

Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas albiventer El Palmar, Bolívar state, Venezuela. (D3)

Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi casius Bosque de Paz, Alajuela province, Costa Rica. Costa Rica's national bird - hard to believe considering the selection of spectacular and colorfur birds in its avifauna! However it occurs nearly everywhere and it's song is ubiquitous. (S5)

Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris Buenaventura reserve, El Oro province, Ecuador. The split from Spectacled Thrush T. nudigenis has now been accepted by the SACC. The species is nearly endemic to western Ecuador, but does reach NW Peru and possibly SW Colombia. (S5)

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