Thrushes (Turdidae)
Black-headed Nightingale-thrush (Catharus mexicanus) - HBW 10, p. 701
French: Grive à tête noire
German: Schwarzkopf-Musendrossel
Spanish: Zorzalito Cabecinegro
Taxonomy: Mal.(acocychla) mexicana Bonaparte, 1856, Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
Proposed taxon fumosus apparently based on hybrid between present species and C. fuscater. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mexicanus (Bonaparte, 1856) - EC Mexico.
- cantator Griscom, 1930 - S Mexico and E Guatemala.
- yaegeri A. R. Phillips, 1991 - Honduras.
- carrikeri A. R. Phillips, 1991 - Nicaragua, Costa Rica and W Panama.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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in tangle
Locality Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp cantator)
Michael Retter 1 March 2009 2 years ago 2
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Male singing from the understorey. Locality Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp mexicanus)
Sam Woods 14 March 2009 2 years ago 4
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