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 4 years ago 26 sec 4.6 -
Perched and eating Locality Bellavista Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Pascal Vagner 20 May 2012 30 weeks ago 30 sec 4.5 -
front view, preening Locality Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp quindio)
Martin Kennewell 15 April 2011 1 year ago 29 sec 4.3 -
Male - Leucistic - foraging on berries on a tree Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 22 August 2009 3 years ago 34 sec 4.3 -
a bird resting Locality Limon Canyon, Olmos, Lambayeque Department, Peru (ssp gigantodes)
Daniêl Jimenez 21 November 2012 5 weeks ago 25 sec 4.2 -
bedraggled on lawn Locality Arrierito Antioqueño Natural Reserve, Anorí, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp quindio)
Martin Kennewell 20 May 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 30 sec 4
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Individual adult.
Locality La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Bruno Salaroli 5 August 2009 1 year ago 4.2 -
on a trunk
Locality Guasca, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 4 December 2010 2 years ago 4 -
A bird perching Locality Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 22 September 2007 4 years ago 4 -
Partial Leucistic male - perched on a tree branch
Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 16 December 2010 2 years ago 3.9 -
Male perched on a branch.
Locality Manizales, Caldas Department, Colombia
Daniel Avendaño 26 December 2012 7 weeks ago 3.8 -
A nice ind perched Locality Ibagué, Tolima Department, Colombia
Manakin Nature Tours 24 January 2012 42 weeks ago 3.5
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flight calls Locality Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp quindio)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 7 December 2009 3 years ago 4
