Thrushes (Turdidae)
Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater) - HBW 10, p. 675
French: Merle géant
German: Riesendrossel
Spanish: Mirlo Grande
Other common names: Giant Thrush (gigas)
Taxonomy: Turdus Fuscater Lafresnaye and d’Orbigny, 1837, La Paz, Bolivia.
Distinctive race ockendeni merits further investigation; possibly a separate species. Geographical variation otherwise appears somewhat clinal. Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cacozelus (Bangs, 1898) - Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in N Colombia.
- clarus Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1953 - Perijá Mts, on NE Colombia-W Venezuela border.
- quindio Chapman, 1925 - S & W Colombia and N Ecuador.
- cacozelus (Bangs, 1898) - Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in N Colombia.
- clarus Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1953 - Perijá Mts, on NE Colombia-W Venezuela border.
- quindio Chapman, 1925 - S & W Colombia and N Ecuador.
- gigas Fraser, 1841 - E Andes of Venezuela and Colombia.
- gigantodes Cabanis, 1873 - S Ecuador S to C Peru.
- ockendeni Hellmayr, 1906 - SE Peru.
- fuscater d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 - W Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a branch, then flying to a higher branch. Locality Cabañas San Isidro, Napo Province, Ecuador
Robert Schaefer 6 November 2008 3 years ago 26 sec 4.6 -
Male - Leucistic - foraging on berries on a tree Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 22 August 2009 2 years ago 34 sec 4.1 -
front view, preening Locality Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp quindio)
Martin Kennewell 15 April 2011 52 weeks ago 29 sec 4 -
A bird on the ground, eating a caterpillar Locality Papallacta, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp quindio)
Josep del Hoyo 8 February 2005 7 years ago 23 sec 3.7 -
A bird eating berries in a bush Locality Bellavista Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp quindio)
Robert Schaefer 23 February 2007 4 years ago 17 sec 3.4 -
A ventral view of a bird in a tree Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (ssp cacozelus)
Josep del Hoyo 8 February 2007 4 years ago 31 sec 3.4
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A bird perching
Locality Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 22 September 2007 3 years ago 4.3 -
Individual adult.
Locality La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Bruno Salaroli 5 August 2009 36 weeks ago 4.2 -
Partial Leucistic male - perched on a tree branch
Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 16 December 2010 1 year ago 4 -
on a trunk
Locality Guasca, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 4 December 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Is a female Great Trush.
Locality Loja Province, Ecuador
Daniel 7 June 2011 50 weeks ago 3.4 -
Bird on a branch.
Locality Parque del Chicó, Bogotá, Colombia
mauricio rueda 9 February 2008 3 years ago 3.4
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flight calls Locality Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp quindio)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 7 December 2009 2 years ago 4
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