Great Thrush

Great Thrush

Turdus fuscater

Silhouette: Sharon Wegner-Larsen · PhyloPic

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Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Cali

In 3 days <5%

8 Verified sightings at Cali
8,494 In all 4 parks From 2019 to 2026
February Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Great Thrush

The great thrush (Turdus fuscater) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. It is considered as the largest thrush in South America. The great thrush's size distinguishes it from the several other uniform slaty-colored thrushes in its range. It inhabits subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and high-altitude shrubland, but can also make use of degraded forest and urban areas.

The nominate subspecies can be found in west Bolivia. It can be found in the Santa Marta mountain range in Colombia. Inhabits the frontier between Venezuela and Colombia, in the Sierra del Perijá. This subspecies is found in south Colombia and the north of Ecuador.

It is native to the Andes mountains of Venezuela and Colombia. It can be found from south Ecuador to central Peru. It can be found in southeast Peru. Adults are 28 to 33... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Subsong0:48

Colombia · 2025

© Sue Riffe · XC979256 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Alarm call0:33

Ecuador · 2024

© Matthew L. Brady · XC977243 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Dawn song1:03

Colombia · 2023

© David Monroy Rengifo · XC814194 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~80%
2 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~70%
3 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~40%
4 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Quito 🇪🇨 Ecuador
>90%
2 Bogota 🇨🇴 Colombia
~90%
3 La Paz 🇧🇴 Bolivia
~10%
4 Cochabamba 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
5 Medellín 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
6 Cali 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Great Thrush in Cali?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Great Thrush sighting in Cali on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 198th most-seen of the 226 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Great Thrush in Cali?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Great Thrush in Cali on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Great Thrush?

Between 2 and 5 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Great Thrush sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Cali the best place to see a Great Thrush?

6th of 6

Of the 6 cities where we can rate Great Thrush sightings, Cali ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Quito (Ecuador, over 90%), Bogota (Colombia, about 90%) and La Paz (Bolivia, about 10%).

Where does the Great Thrush sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Great Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Cali (8 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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