Thrushes (Turdidae)
Cocoa Thrush (Turdus fumigatus) - HBW 10, p. 667
French: Merle cacao
German: Kakaodrossel
Spanish: Zorzal Cacao
Other common names: Sabian Thrush; Lesser Antillean Thrush (bondi, personus)
Taxonomy: Turdus fumigatus M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823, River Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Forms a superspecies with T. obsoletus and T. hauxwelli, and all three possibly better treated as conspecific; present species probably closer to latter. Race orinocensis sometimes included in T. obsoletus. Races personus and bondi have in the past been considered to represent a separate species. Geographical variation to large extent clinal, and some races possibly not tenable. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- bondi Deignan, 1951 - St Vincent, in S Lesser Antilles.
- personus (Barbour, 1911) - Grenada, in S Lesser Antilles.
- aquilonalis (Cherrie, 1909) - NE Colombia, N & E Venezuela and Trinidad.
- bondi Deignan, 1951 - St Vincent, in S Lesser Antilles.
- personus (Barbour, 1911) - Grenada, in S Lesser Antilles.
- aquilonalis (Cherrie, 1909) - NE Colombia, N & E Venezuela and Trinidad.
- orinocensis J. T. Zimmer & Phelps, Sr, 1955 - W Venezuela and E Colombia.
- fumigatus M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823 - the Guianas and N & E Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Bird shakes wings as it feeds, a second bird flirts its tail, a third bird seems to choke before flying to the feeder Locality Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp aquilonalis)
Joe Angseesing 21 October 2006 3 years ago 43 sec 3.7 -
Three different individuals eating bread on a birdtable Locality Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp aquilonalis)
Joe Angseesing 21 October 2006 3 years ago 40 sec 3.5 -
Bird feeds on bread at a birdtable; drives off a tanager towards the end Locality Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp aquilonalis)
Joe Angseesing 21 October 2006 3 years ago 38 sec 3.5 -
A bird feeding on the ground Locality Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp aquillonalis)
Peter Nash 29 April 2005 6 years ago 23 sec 3.5 -
A bird perched in a morototó tree (Schefflera morototoni) eating fruits and flying away. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (ssp fumigatus)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 23 sec 3 -
An individual perched on a branch very close to the ground in a shady but open understory Locality Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp aquilonalis)
DAVID ASCANIO 3 March 2010 2 years ago 43 sec 3
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Lateral view of adult perched on a fence
Locality El Ávila National Park, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp aquilonalis)
Mikko Pyhälä 10 February 2009 3 years ago 4.5 -
At Wild Fowl Trust
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
SIRROYALTY 26 October 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
Agitated female seen from below
Locality Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp aquilonalis)
Mikko Pyhälä 16 October 2007 3 years ago 2.5
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