Black-Billed Thrush
Turdus ignobilis
About This Species
A modestly coloured thrush of forest edges, plantations, and gardens across northern and central South America, often seen foraging on the ground or in low fruiting shrubs for insects and berries. Its clear, whistled song is a common sound of the dawn chorus in its range. Open woodland edges in the early morning during the wetter months offer good opportunities to watch it feed.
Ethical Viewing Guidelines
- A modest distance while it forages on open ground is enough not to disturb it, since it typically retreats to cover rather than tolerating close approach.
- Legal protections for common forest birds vary across the South American countries it occurs in, so caution about nest disturbance is the safer default rather than assuming a specific rule.
- Avoid disturbing leaf litter or low nests in dense shrubs where it commonly breeds.
LCAvesPasseriformesTurdidae
Seasonal Activity
277,208 sightings · 2000–2026
Citizen science records via GBIF
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae
Photo
(c) Esteban Poveda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Esteban Poveda
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Occurrence data from GBIF.