Thrushes (Turdidae)
Spotted Nightingale-thrush (Catharus dryas) - HBW 10, p. 701
French: Grive tavelée
German: Tropfenbrust-Musendrossel
Spanish: Zorzalito Overo
Other common names: Golden-breasted Nightingale-thrush
Taxonomy: Malacocichla dryas Gould, 1855, Guatemala.
Proposed race harrisoni (from Oaxaca, in S Mexico) regarded as exhibiting characters within the range of variation of ovandensis; similarly, ecuadoreanus (Andes of W Ecuador) within range of variation of maculatus; last-mentioned, however, is itself weakly differentiated and barely sustainable. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ovandensis Brodkorb, 1938 - S Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas).
- dryas (Gould, 1855) - W Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
- maculatus (P. L. Sclater, 1858) - W Venezuela, E Colombia, W & E Ecuador, E Peru and W Bolivia.
- blakei Olrog, 1973 - S Bolivia S to N Argentina (Jujuy, Salta).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird moving nervously on the ground. Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp ovandensis)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 3 years ago 33 sec 4.4 -
A male singing. Locality Calilegua National Park, Jujuy Province, Argentina (ssp blakei)
German Pugnali 1 November 2011 12 weeks ago 15 sec 3.4
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A bird singing in the understory.
Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp maculatus)
Nick Athanas 7 March 2013 10 weeks ago 4.4 -
Bird perched after being flushed from the ground
Locality Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador
Dubi Shapiro 31 December 2008 1 year ago 3.6 -
Adult bird on the ground. Bird with a ring.
Locality El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
rchavezdm 10 March 2013 6 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird on the ground.
Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp ovandensis)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 3 years ago 3.2 -
An adult on the ground.
Locality El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp ovandensis)
Ken Havard 11 February 2013 10 weeks ago 2.6
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Song from a bird in the understory of mature secondary forest. Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp maculatus)
Scott Olmstead 18 July 2008 3 years ago 4.5 -
Contact calls of a juvenile bird Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp maculatus)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 14 June 2011 1 year ago 4.3
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