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Black-hooded Thrush (Turdus olivater)

Black-hooded Thrush
Photo: Fernando Flores from Caracas, Venezuela via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Black-hooded Thrush

The black-hooded thrush (Turdus olivater) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. The black-hooded thrush was originally described as Merula olivata. The black-hooded thrush has these eight subspecies: T. o. sanctaemartae (Todd, 1913) T. o. caucae (Chapman, 1914) T. o. olivater (Lafresnaye, 1848) T. o. kemptoni Phelps, WH & Phelps, WH Jr, 1955 T. o. paraquensis Phelps, WH & Phelps, WH Jr, 1946 T. o. duidae Chapman, 1929 T. o. roraimae Salvin & Godman, 1884 T. o. ptaritepui Phelps, WH & Phelps, WH Jr, 1946 At least one twentieth century publication suggested that T. o. caucae could deserve full species status; it had been originally described as one.

Source: Black-hooded thrush on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 41 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-SA. 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 Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela in the xeno-canto catalogue.

Related species you can hear

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