Black-hooded Thrush
Turdus olivater
The black-hooded thrush is 23 to 24 cm (9.1 to 9.4 in) long and weighs 70 to 91 g (2.5 to 3.2 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males of the nominate subspecies T. o. olivater have an almost entirely black head and upper breast with a thin yellow eye-ring. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are dark olive-brown and their underparts sandy-orange. Adult females have a mostly brown head with buff flecking on the face and throat. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are the same olive-brown as the male's; their underparts have a paler belly than males' with darker specks on the vent. Voice: The black-hooded thrush's song is "a full-bodied Turdus-like caroling, TEEur..turee..todee..churdur..turwere..turee.. and so on, the phrases warbled". The phrases are similar and typically have two or three syllables. High thin ee'ee notes often are interspersed.
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Pale-eyed Thrush
Turdus leucops
The pale-eyed thrush is 19.5 to 23.5 cm (7.7 to 9.3 in) long and weighs 54 to 80 g (1.9 to 2.8 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males are almost entirely glossy bluish black with sometimes some white on the chin. They have a bluish white iris and sometimes a pale yellow-orange eye-ring, a bright yellow to orange bill, and bright yellow to orange legs and feet that match the bill. Adult females have mostly olive-brown upperparts. They have faint buff-yellow streaks on the ear coverts and sometimes yellowish buff edges on the primaries. Voice: The pale-eyed thrush's song is a "disjointed, choppy but fine series of short phrases, many high and thin, usually with long pauses, wheero-weet, chup-e, ez-t, e-ta, ti’t, eez, cheur-ez-weet, ééskee, weewee…". Its calls include fragments from its song, "usually wheero-weet", a "high ringing ti-seee", "a descending seeee", and "a rising pit-tsee´ e´ é".
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