Andean Slaty Thrush
Turdus nigriceps
The Andean slaty thrush is 18 to 23.5 cm (7.1 to 9.3 in) long and weighs 50 to 67.5 g (1.8 to 2.4 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a mostly slate-gray head with a pale eye-ring and a dark-streaked white throat. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are slate-gray. Their underparts are a slightly paler slate-gray; birds in the north of their range have darker underparts than those in the south. Adult females have a greenish brown head and upperparts and somewhat paler greenish brown underparts. Both sexes have a dark iris, a yellow bill, and yellow legs and feet. Voice: The Andean slaty thrush sings only in the austral summer breeding season. Its song is usually given from a hidden perch and is a ventriloquial "series of rather high, jumbled phrases, some notes high-pitched, rapid, shrill and burry but followed by long pause, tji tjihe tjie tjihe or swidrielipik tillie.
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Forest Thrush
Turdus lherminieri
The forest thrush is 25 to 30 cm (9.8 to 12 in) long and weighs about 100 g (3.5 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies T. l. lherminieri have a mostly warm brown head with thin white lines on the cheeks and ear coverts and a wide yellow eye-ring. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are also warm brown. Their underparts are whitish with buff-edged dark brown scallops. They have a yellow iris, bill, and legs and feet. Voice: The forest thrush usually sings from a hidden perch. Its song is "oft, musical, clear notes". Its calls include a "sharp chuk or chuk-chuk".
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