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The pantepui thrush is about 20 cm (7.9 in) long and weighs 52 to 81 g (1.8 to 2.9 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly dusky-brown head with a white-streaked throat. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are dusky-brown. Their breast and upper flanks are a much paler dusky-brown than their upperparts. Their belly is dark ash-gray and their lower flanks and undertail coverts white. They have a dark brown iris, a black bill, and dark gray to blackish legs and feet. Voice: The pantepui thrush's song is not well known but is assumed to be similar to that of the black-billed thrush. Its calls are better known and described as "a nasal, rising queek!; soft prip, when disturbed a rather loud Quee-kipper-kipper-kipper" as it flies away.
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When to see the Pantepui 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 Pantepui Thrush
The map shades 2 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 Brazil.
About the Pantepui Thrush
The pantepui thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
Yemen ThrushTurdus menachensisThe Yemen thrush is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae.
Tibetan BlackbirdTurdus maximusThe Tibetan blackbird is a relatively large thrush, being 23–28 centimetres (9.1–11 inches) in length.
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