Creamy-bellied Thrush

Turdus amaurochalinus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForestCup nestSmall · 58 g

What the Creamy-bellied Thrush sounds like

Sonogram of the Creamy-bellied Thrush: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Gabriele Magurno · Alarm call · Ezeiza, Ezeiza Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Creamy-bellied Thrush: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Gabriele Magurno · Song · Ezeiza, Ezeiza Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Creamy-bellied Thrush: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Salta: Vaqueros, 12 km N Salta, Argentina · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The creamy-bellied thrush is 22 to 25 cm (8.7 to 9.8 in) long and weighs 52 to 73 g (1.8 to 2.6 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly olive-brown head with black lores and a brown-streaked white throat. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are the same olive-brown as the head. Their breast and flanks are usually grayish buff that becomes creamy white on the belly and undertail coverts. (Some individuals have pure gray instead of grayish buff underparts.) They have a dark iris, a yellowish bill when breeding and a darker one otherwise, and drab brown legs and feet. Voice: The creamy-bellied thrush's song is a "simple, little varied, yet musical series with short notes, like tjurre, wurr, tjeeh, and tjut-tjeé". Its calls include a "sharp pok", a "psiip in or before flight", and as a warning a "sharp kitten-like pchuo".

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When to see the Creamy-bellied Thrush

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Creamy-bellied Thrush

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Chile, Falkland Islands.

About the Creamy-bellied Thrush

The creamy-bellied thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and as a vagrant to Chile and the Falkland Islands.

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Easily confused with

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