Western Red-legged Thrush Turdus rubripes Turdus plumbeus

Western Red-legged Thrush Turdus rubripes
(aka Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus)

Cuba
February 2005

The Western Red-legged Thrush is found only in Cuba and the Cayman Islands. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. There are two sub-species on Cuba, T. p. rubripes from western and central Cuba which shows the reddish-brown lower belly seen in these photos and T. p. schistaceus of eastern Cuba which has a grey lower belly.

It is slatey-grey above with a bright orange eye-ring and legs. The bill is dark orange but changes to all black during the breeding season. The throat is black with a white upper border.

It is common and found in a variety of habitats from pine forest to gardens.

Red-legged Thrush, La Guira, Cuba, February 2005 - click on image for a larger view

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