Cocoa Thrush

Turdus fumigatus - Merle cacao

Merle cacao
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Turdidés

  • Genus
    :

    Turdus

  • Species
    :

    fumigatus

Descriptor

Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 24 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 55 à 83 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Merle cacao
adult
Merle cacao
adult

Cocoa Thrush (Turdus fumigatus) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

  • Turdus fumigatus fumigatus (the Guianas, n and e Brazil)
  • Turdus fumigatus aquilonalis (ne Colombia, n Venezuela and Trinidad)
  • Turdus fumigatus orinocensis (e Colombia and w Venezuela)
  • Turdus fumigatus bondi (St. Vincent. s Lesser Antilles.)
  • Turdus fumigatus personus (Grenada. s Lesser Antilles.)

Foreign names

  • Merle cacao,
  • Zorzal cacao,
  • sabiá-da-mata,
  • Kakaodrossel,
  • kakaó rigó,
  • Cacaolijster,
  • Tordo cioccolato,
  • kakaotrast,
  • Røyktrost,
  • drozd mravčí,
  • drozd skvrnitý,
  • Kakaodrossel,
  • kaakaorastas,
  • tord cacau,
  • drozd rudy,
  • Гренадский дрозд,
  • ココアムジツグミ,
  • 淡臀鸫,
  • 可可鶇,

Voice song and cries

Merle cacao
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Merle cacao

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Savanna : Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Merle cacao
published: - Updated: 17-10-2012
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