Turdus leucomelas
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The pale-breasted thrush (Turdus leucomelas) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in every mainland South American country except Chile and Ecuador. The pale-breasted thrush was originally described in 1818 with the binomial Turdus leucomelas and has retained it ever since. However, taxonomic systems differ in their assignment of subspecies.
The IOC, the Clements taxonomy, and AviList assign it these four subspecies: However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World does not recognize T. l. upichiarum. This article follows the IOC et al. four-subspecies model. The pale-breasted thrush is 23 to 27 cm (9.1 to 11 in) long and weighs 47 to 78 g (1.7 to 2.8 oz). The sexes have essentially the same plumage, though females sometimes have darker heads than males. Adults of the nominate subspecies T. l. leucomelas have a medium gray crown and whitish-streaked grayish ear coverts. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are generally pale olive brown. Their wing coverts and the edges... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 10 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 12 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 13 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 14 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 15 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 16 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 17 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Natal | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Parque Zoobotânico Getúlio Vargas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Mangal das Garças | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-breasted Thrush sighting in Fortaleza on a given day, based on 220 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 14th most-seen of the 129 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-breasted Thrush in Fortaleza on a given day, against about 40% in February, April, June and September–October, the lowest months. That is one of Fortaleza's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 240 mm in April.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale-breasted 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.
14th of 25
Of the 25 cities where we can rate Pale-breasted Thrush sightings, Fortaleza ranks 14th at about 50%. The best odds are in Belém (Brazil, about 80%), Salvador (Brazil, about 70%) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil, about 70%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale-breasted Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Fortaleza (220 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.
