La Selle Thrush

Turdus swalesi

Vulnerable · IUCN Red List

VUVulnerableInvertebratesForestCup nestMedium · 75 g

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The La Selle thrush is 26 to 27 cm (10 to 11 in) long and weighs 88 to 110 g (3.1 to 3.9 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a mostly slate-black head with a bright yellow to orange eye-ring and a few white streaks on the ear coverts and throat. Their upperparts, wings, tail, and upper breast are slate-black. Their upper flanks are rusty red, their lower breast and sides rich rufous, and their belly and undertail coverts white. Adults of subspecies T. s. dodae have an olivaceous-brown back but are otherwise like the nominate. Voice: The La Selle thrush's song is a series of "deliberate tu-re-oo and cho-ho-cho calls continued indefinitely", and it also makes "loud wheury-wheury-wheury and gurling notes".

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When to see the La Selle Thrush

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Where to see the La Selle Thrush

Regular range

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About the La Selle Thrush

The La Selle thrush is a Vulnerable species of bird in the family Turdidae, the thrushes and allies. It is endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola that is shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

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