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What the Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush sounds like
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The orange-billed nightingale-thrush is 15.5 to 17 cm (6.1 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 21 to 32 g (0.74 to 1.1 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies C. a. aurantiirostris are olive-brown with a rufous tinge on their crown, nape, back, rump, wings, and tail. The rufous is strongest on the last three areas. Their face is grayish brown with a thin orange eye-ring. Their throat is whitish that darkens to pale gray on the rest of the underparts. They have a long, strong, orange bill and brownish orange legs and feet. Voice: The orange-billed nightingale thrush usually sings from dense cover. Its song varies among the subspecies. In northern Central America it is "a scratchy warbling series of sharp whistles and buzzes:chit-TSEE!-tah'wert-PEE'tseee-Cheet or TSIP!-Tseee-cheet-tsee'weet". There its calls are "a sharp, high-pitched whistle, tsseeeeeee" and, as a contact call, "a catlike rreeahhhh".
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When to see the Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
The map shades 10 countries with regular records, and 1 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 United States.
About the Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
The orange-billed nightingale-thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, the thrushes and allies. It is found from northern Mexico through Central America into northern South America. In addition it has been documented in Brazil and as a vagrant to the United States.
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Easily confused with
Slaty-backed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus fuscaterThe slaty-backed nightingale-thrush is 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long.
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-ThrushCatharus frantziiThe ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush is about 15 to 18 cm (5.9 to 7.1 in) long and weighs about 30 g (1.1 oz).
Black-headed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus mexicanusThe black-headed nightingale-thrush is 15 to 16.5 cm (5.9 to 6.5 in) long and weighs about 30 g (1.1 oz).
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