Thrushes (Turdidae)
Spectacled Thrush (Turdus nudigenis) - HBW 10, p. 671
French: Merle à lunettes
German: Nacktaugendrossel
Spanish: Zorzal Caripelado
Other common names: Yellow-eyed Thrush, Bare-eyed Thrush, Bare-eyed Robin
Taxonomy: Turdus nudigenis Lafresnaye, 1848, Caracas, Venezuela.
May form a superspecies with T. maculirostris, and often considered conspecific. Has in the past been thought to form a superspecies, or even to be conspecific, with T. grayi, but differences between the two considered too great to warrant such treatment. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nudigenis Lafresnaye, 1848 - Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent, Grenada), Trinidad and Tobago, and from Venezuela and E Andes of Colombia E to the Guianas.
- extimus Todd, 1931 - N Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Spectacled Thrush feeding young. Locality Trinidad and Tobago (ssp Turdus nudigenis)
Esmond 7 August 2010 1 year ago 19 sec 4.6 -
An adult perched, calling and later acting aggressively towards tanagers at a feeding station Locality Pointe-à-Pierre, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp nudigenis)
Greg Baker 21 December 1998 44 weeks ago 32 sec 4.5 -
an individual visiting the bird feeder at asa wright nature centre Locality Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp nudigenis)
DAVID ASCANIO 3 March 2010 2 years ago 15 sec 4.5 -
An adult perched in a bush Locality Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp nudigenis)
Greg Baker 25 December 1998 42 weeks ago 24 sec 4 -
An individual feeding and jumpig away Locality Parque del Este, Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp nudigenis)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2003 5 years ago 19 sec 3.7 -
bird walking on th ground close to swamp forest area Locality Finca La Vuelta Larga, Sucre State, Venezuela
Thore Noernberg 7 August 2012 40 weeks ago 18 sec 3.7
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Female feeding young.
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
fayardmohammed 13 June 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
a common bird seen at a feeding station.
Locality Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
David Lingard 5 December 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
Female on a nest.
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
fayardmohammed 1 May 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
Close-up of head
Locality Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (ssp nudigenis)
Mikko Pyhälä 29 April 2009 4 years ago 4.2 -
Lateral view of bird on a rail
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp nudigenis)
Mikko Pyhälä 14 February 2009 4 years ago 4 -
Perched
Locality Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp nudigenis)
Niels Poul Dreyer 2 February 2012 21 weeks ago 3.8
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Song - Also : Todirostrum maculatum Locality Awala-Yalimapo, French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 1 May 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Alarm call in response to a cat. Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
(ssp nudigenis)
philgunson 20 April 2009 4 years ago 3 -
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A bird Calling Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
Miguel Emmanuelli 4 May 2009 4 years ago 0
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