Creamy-bellied Thrush

Turdus amaurochalinus

Least ConcernCommonFruitForestCup nestSmall · 58 g

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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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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What the Creamy-bellied Thrush sounds like

Recording: Gabriele Magurno · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Recording: Gabriele Magurno · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Recording: Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via xeno-canto

Where it lives

Regular rangeRare visitor

Recorded as a rare visitor in Chile, Falkland Islands.

When to see it

Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Side by side: Creamy-bellied Thrush vs Great Thrush · Austral Thrush vs Creamy-bellied Thrush · Black-billed Thrush vs Creamy-bellied Thrush · Creamy-bellied Thrush vs Ring Ouzel

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