Eastern Red-legged Thrush

Turdus ardosiaceus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernOmnivoreWoodlandCup nestMedium · 75 g

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The eastern red-legged thrush is mainly slaty above and pale belly with a white and black variably striped throat. The legs, bill and eye ring are bright orange-red.

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When to see the Eastern Red-legged Thrush

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

Where to see the Eastern Red-legged Thrush

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 2 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 Haiti, Dominica.

About the Eastern Red-legged Thrush

The eastern red-legged thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. Endemic to the Caribbean, it is found on the islands of Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Dominica.

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