Mountain Thrush (Turdus plebejus)
About the Mountain Thrush
The mountain thrush (Turdus plebejus) is species of bird in the family Turdidae, the thrushes and allies. It is found from Mexico to Panama. It was formerly known as the mountain robin and has also been called the American mountain thrush. The mountain thrush was originally described in 1861 with its current binomial Turdus plebejus. The species' further taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC, AviList, and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World assign it these three subspecies: T. p. plebejus: Cabanis, 1861 T. p. differens: (Nelson, 1901) T. p. rafaelensis: Miller, W & Griscom, 1925 However, as of late 2025 the Clements taxonomy recognizes only two by including T. p. rafaelensis within T. p. differens. This article follows the three-subspecies model.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 34 recordings for this species: 14 CC BY-NC-SA · 5 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 Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico 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.