Pantepui Thrush (Turdus murinus)
About the Pantepui Thrush
The pantepui thrush (Turdus murinus) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela. The pantepui thrush was originally described by Osbert Salvin in 1885 with its current binomial Turdus murinus. Its type locality is Merumé, Mount Roraima, Guyana. Following a 1931 publication it was reassigned as a subspecies of the black-billed thrush (T. ignobilis). The pantepui thrush's further taxonomy is unsettled. Following molecular phylogenetics studies published in the 2010s, the South American Classification Committee, the IOC, AviList, and the Clements taxonomy recognized it again as a full species. However, as of late 2025 BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) retains it as a subspecies of the black-billed thrush.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 2 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA · 1 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Venezuela in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicusrecording
- American RobinTurdus migratoriusrecording
- Andean Slaty ThrushTurdus nigricepsrecording
- Austral ThrushTurdus falcklandiirecording
- Black-billed ThrushTurdus ignobilisrecording
- Chestnut-bellied ThrushTurdus fulviventrisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.