Cocoa Thrush
Turdus fumigatus
The Cocoa Thrush (Turdus fumigatus) is a rare thrush found in 10 countries, weighing about 76 g. The cocoa thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.
About the Cocoa Thrush
The cocoa thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found on St. Vincent, Grenada, and Trinidad and in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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How to identify it
The cocoa thrush is 21.5 to 24 cm (8.5 to 9.4 in) long and weighs 55 to 83 g (1.9 to 2.9 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies T. f. fumigatus have a foxy-brown head, upperparts, wings, and tail. Their throat is whitish buff with dark streaks, their breast and flanks pale orange-brown, and their belly to vent whitish with brown feather tips on the latter. Juveniles resemble adults with the addition of buff streaks and spots on their upperparts, wing bars made of orangey spots, and dark brown mottling on buffy orange underparts. Voice: The song of the cocoa thrush's nominate subspecies is "a long musical caroling with numerous slurred phrases, the whole gliding smoothly along within narrow ranges of pitches, pree-er, churry, churry, o-ee-e, lulu, o-E-er, cheer-er, we-e, wu-e, E-a-o-eeo, te-a, te-a, e-o-to-e, cheer-o, o-ee, urr, wu-EE-er, toe-ee-tu-tu, o-ee-o... and so on". That of T. f.
Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Argentina.
When to see it
The Cocoa Thrush can be seen all year round, with peak activity in December. It is a resident species across most of its range.
Easily confused with
Quick questions
- How do you identify a Cocoa Thrush?
- The cocoa thrush is 21.5 to 24 cm (8.5 to 9.4 in) long and weighs 55 to 83 g (1.9 to 2.9 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.
- How big is a Cocoa Thrush?
- The Cocoa Thrush is a medium sized bird weighing about 76 g.
- Where can you see a Cocoa Thrush?
- The Cocoa Thrush occurs in 10 countries, including Trinidad & Tobago, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela and St. Vincent & Grenadines.
- What birds look similar to a Cocoa Thrush?
- The Cocoa Thrush is most easily confused with the Pale-vented Thrush, the White-chinned Thrush and the Japanese Thrush.
- Is the Cocoa Thrush endangered?
- The Cocoa Thrush is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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