Orange-billed nightingale-thrush
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Catharus |
| Species: | C. aurantiirostris
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| Catharus aurantiirostris (Hartlaub, 1850)
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The orange-billed nightingale-thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris) is a species of
montane forest
, and heavily degraded former forest.
Measuring 14 cm (5.5 in) long, this nightingale-thrush has a bright orange bill, eye ring, and legs. Northern birds have a brown back and cap, and a whitish chest and belly. Southern birds have a distinctive grey crown and darker chest and flanks.[2][3]
It is fairly common within its range. It forages on the ground for insects and fruit.
The song is a less musical than other thrushes. It consists of a nasal, slurred whaaaaa.[4]
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9.
- ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7.
- ^ Soberanes-González, C.; Rodríguez-Flores, C.; Arizmendi, M.C. (2010). Schulenberg, T.S. (ed.). "Overview – Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris)". Neotropical Birds Online. Ithaca, NY, US: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
Further reading
- Skutch, Alexander F. (1960). "Orange-billed nightingale-thrush" (PDF). Life Histories of Central American Birds II. Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 34. Berkeley, California: Cooper Ornithological Society. pp. 91–100.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Catharus aurantiirostris.
Wikispecies has information related to Catharus aurantiirostris.
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Photos from a rare U.S. sighting in the Black Hills, South Dakota in 2010
- "Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Interactive range map of Catharus aurantiirostris at IUCN Red List maps
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