African Thrush
Turdus pelios
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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Yellow-legged Thrush
Turdus flavipes
The yellow-legged thrush is 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 55 to 72 g (1.9 to 2.5 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males of the nominate subspecies T. f. flavipes have a black head, wings, tail, and breast. Their back, rump, flanks, belly, and vent are slate-gray. They have a yellow eye-ring, bill, legs, and feet. Adult females have a mostly warm darkish brown head, upperparts, wings, and tail. Their throat and underparts are a paler and more orangey brown. They have a yellowish eye-ring, a dull bill, and yellow legs and feet. Voice: The yellow-legged thrush typically sings from the top of a tree. Its song varies widely among individual birds and it often mimics the songs of other species. One description of the song is a "short series (2-8 notes) at 1-sec intervals, like wioh-wir wee or fee-tje-wee fee-tje-wee, many with sharp, high sjee overtones". The series are "loud and energetic, but often rather squeaky".
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