Turdus maculirostris
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The Ecuadorian thrush (Turdus maculirostris) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. The Ecuadorian thrush was originally described in 1884 as a subspecies of the black-billed thrush (Turdus ignobilis). It was later reassigned as a subspecies of the spectacled thrush (T. nudigenis) but in the early 2000s was recognized as a full species. The Ecuadorian thrush is monotypic.
The Ecuadorian thrush is 21.5 to 23 cm (8.5 to 9.1 in) long and weighs 62 to 76 g (2.2 to 2.7 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have an olive-brown head with a faint yellow eye-ring. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are olive-brown. Their throat is white with dark streaks. Their breast and flanks are a paler olive-brown than their upperparts and their belly and vent are whitish. They have a dark iris, a dusky yellow bill, and olive-brownish legs and feet. Juveniles have thin buff streaks on their upperparts, wing bars of orangey spots, and dark brown mottling on their breast and flanks.
The Ecuadorian thrush is found in western Ecuador from just south of the Colombian border south through... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report an Ecuadorian Thrush sighting in Guayaquil on a given day, based on 329 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 20th most-seen of the 167 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and December
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Ecuadorian Thrush in Guayaquil on a given day, against about 20% in June and July, the lowest months. Those are among Guayaquil's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against almost none in September.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ecuadorian 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.
Only Guayaquil, in our data
Guayaquil is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ecuadorian Thrush sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Ecuadorian Thrush that you can see in Guayaquil (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Blue-gray Tanager (about 90%), Tropical Kingbird (about 80%) and Scrub Blackbird (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ecuadorian Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Guayaquil (329 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.
