Great Thrush

Great Thrush

Turdus fuscater

Silhouette: Sharon Wegner-Larsen · PhyloPic

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Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Cochabamba

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

12 Verified sightings at Cochabamba
8,494 In all 4 parks From 2019 to 2026
October 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 Cochabamba?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Great Thrush sighting in Cochabamba on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 86th most-seen of the 112 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.

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

October

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Great Thrush in Cochabamba on a given day, against under 5% in December to September, the lowest months.

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 Cochabamba the best place to see a Great Thrush?

4th of 6

Of the 6 cities where we can rate Great Thrush sightings, Cochabamba ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Quito (Ecuador, over 90%), Bogota (Colombia, about 90%) and La Paz (Bolivia, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Great Thrush live in Cochabamba?

Same genus: Turdus

The closest relatives of the Great Thrush that you can see in Cochabamba (genus Turdus, Typical Thrushes) are Creamy-bellied Thrush (about 60%) and Chiguanco Thrush (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

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 Cochabamba (12 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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