Thrushes (Turdidae)
Glossy-black Thrush (Turdus serranus) - HBW 10, p. 672
French: Merle lustré
German: Samtdrossel
Spanish: Mirlo Serrano
Other common names: Black Ouzel
Taxonomy: Turdus serranus Tschudi, 1844, Peru.
Formerly included T. infuscatus as a race, but that species rather smaller and with different song and female has distinctive underwing-coverts. Birds from Argentina (Jujuy) described as race unicolor, but that name invalid, as preoccupied, and no replacement proposed; included in race serranus. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- atrosericeus (Lafresnaye, 1848) - NE Colombia and N Venezuela.
- cumanensis (Hellmayr, 1919) - NE Venezuela.
- fuscobrunneus (Chapman, 1912) - C & S Colombia and Ecuador.
- serranus Tschudi, 1844 - Peru, W Bolivia and NW Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male singing from perch. Locality Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp fuscobrunneus)
Scott Olmstead 1 July 2008 3 years ago 18 sec 4 -
Singing Locality Km 18 Vía al Mar, Dagua, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 11 weeks ago 10 sec 3.5 -
a bird on an urban park Locality Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 March 2006 3 years ago 23 sec 3.5 -
A bird perched and giving a soft call note Locality Cabañas San Isidro, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp fuscobrunneus)
Richard Garrigues 31 January 2008 3 years ago 13 sec 3 -
several shots of a bird on a park Locality Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 March 2006 3 years ago 24 sec 2.5
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A bird perching on the trunk
Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 15 September 2010 22 weeks ago 4.3 -
Lateral view of adult male perched on a branch
Locality El Ávila National Park, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp atrocericeus)
Mikko Pyhälä 9 August 2009 2 years ago 4.2 -
A male.
Locality Papallacta Lake, Papallacta, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp fuscobrunneus)
Fran Trabalon 12 October 2005 1 year ago 4 -
Bird in tree
Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Joe Prasil 1 January 2004 2 years ago 3.5 -
A male on the ground with a large winged insect in its beak.
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp atrosericeus)
philgunson 6 July 2008 3 years ago 3.5 -
Male perched in a tree, seen from below
Locality El Ávila National Park, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp atrocericeus)
Mikko Pyhälä 31 May 2008 3 years ago 3.5
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song Locality Bellavista Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp fuscobrunneus)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 24 November 2009 2 years ago 4
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