Yellow-legged Thrush

About the Yellow-legged Thrush

The yellow-legged thrush (Turdus flavipes) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. It formerly occurred in Paraguay and has been recorded as a vagrant in Uruguay.

The creamy-bellied thrush was originally described in 1818 with its current binomial Turdus flavipes. For much of the twentieth century it was placed in genus Platycichla. However, following phylogenetic studies published in 2005 and 2007 taxonomic systems merged Platycichla into Turdus, returning the species to its original binomial.

The yellow-legged thrush has these five subspecies: T. f. venezuelensis (Sharpe, 1900) T. f. melanopleura (Sharpe, 1900) T. f. xanthoscelus Jardine, 1847 T. f. polionotus (Sharpe, 1900) T. f. flavipes Vieillot, 1818 During part of the twentieth century what is now the pale-eyed thrush (T. leucops) was included as a sixth subspecies.

The yellow-legged thrush is 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 55 to 72 g (1.9 to 2.5 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males of the nominate subspecies T. f. flavipes have a black head, wings, tail, and... Wikipedia →