Turdus fulviventris
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The chestnut-bellied thrush (Turdus fulviventris) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
The chestnut-bellied thrush grows to a length of about 25 cm (10 in). The adult male has a black head, a black throat with some white streaking, a dark grey back and dusky wings and tail. The upper breast is pale grey and the lower breast and belly are rufous. The beak is yellow, the narrow eye ring is orange and the legs are dull yellow. The female is similar in appearance but rather duller. It is the only thrush in the genus Turdus with a rufous belly to be found in the northern Andes. The song is not often uttered, but consists of a series of disjointed phrases with some buzzes and short trills in between.
The chestnut-bellied thrush is native to northwestern South America. Its range includes western Venezuela, western Colombia, Ecuador, northern Peru and northwestern Bolivia. Its habitat is woodland and the canopy and edges of montane forests at altitudes between 1,400 and 2,600... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-bellied Thrush sighting in Podocarpus National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 372nd most-seen of the 446 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-bellied Thrush in Podocarpus National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to June, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chestnut-bellied Thrush sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Podocarpus National Park, in our data
Podocarpus National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Chestnut-bellied Thrush sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Turdus
The closest relatives of the Chestnut-bellied Thrush that you can see in Podocarpus National Park (genus Turdus, Typical Thrushes) are Great Thrush (about 40%), White-necked Thrush (about 20%) and Glossy-black Thrush (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chestnut-bellied Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Podocarpus National Park (13 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
