Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas

Brazilian name:
Sabiá-barranco 
Pale-breasted Thrush, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, September 2003 - click for larger image

Brazil

The Pale-breasted Thrush is distributed from northern Colombia including the Magdalena valley, through Venezuela, the Guianas and round eastern Brazil and into Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina. It is absent from western and central Amazonia.

Pale-breasted Thrush, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, September 2003 - click for larger image It is found in forest borders and clearings as well as parks and gardens.

Its grey head and nape contrast with its brown upperparts and rufous-tinged wings. The throat is white with dark streaks while the breast and flanks are grey-brown. The bill is olive-yellowish while the axillaries and underwing coverts are cinnamon as can be seen in the 3rd photo.

Pale-breasted Thrush, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, September 2003 - click for larger image Photos 4 and 5 show a juvenile with speckled grey head and cinnamon tips to the wing coverts.

There are recordings on xeno-canto, a distribution map from NatureServe and additional information available via Avibase. There is a page in Portuguese on Wikiaves.

Juvenile Pale-breasted Thrush, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, September 2003 - click for larger image
Juvenile Pale-breasted Thrush, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, September 2003 - click for larger image
Pale-breasted Thrush, Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 2008 - click for larger image
Pale-breasted Thrush, Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 2008 - click for larger image
Pale-breasted Thrush, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil, October 2008 - click for larger image
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