African Thrush vs Ecuadorian Thrush

African Thrush

Turdus pelios

Medium65 gWoodland

The African Thrush has dark olive-grey upperparts. The underparts show a whitish evenly brown- streaked side throat, the breast is greyish brown and the flanks are pale buff-orange with this colour not extending on to the lower breast, the belly and vent are white. It has a yellow-orange bill. It weighs 46–78 g (1.6–2.8 oz) and measures 21–23 cm (8.3–9.1 in) in length. Voice: The song of the African thrush is a sustained, clear warbling made up of different phrases repeated rather randomly in a sequence. Also a high-pitched squealing flight call.

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Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

Ecuadorian Thrush

Turdus maculirostris

Medium70 gForest

The Ecuadorian thrush is 21.5 to 23 cm (8.5 to 9.1 in) long and weighs 62 to 76 g (2.2 to 2.7 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have an olive-brown head with a faint yellow eye-ring. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are olive-brown. Their throat is white with dark streaks. Their breast and flanks are a paler olive-brown than their upperparts and their belly and vent are whitish. They have a dark iris, a dusky yellow bill, and olive-brownish legs and feet. Voice: The Ecuadorian thrush's song is "a musical caroling". Its principle call is "a distinctive cat-like and querulous queeoww" and it also makes a "chuk" call.

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Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Chimborazo: above (S) Huigra, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: Anna Hess · CC BY 4.0

Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: African Thrush and Ecuadorian Thrush.