Turdus serranus
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
The glossy-black thrush (Turdus serranus) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found from Venezuela to Argentina. The glossy-black thrush was originally described with its current binomial Turdus serranus. Its further taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC, AviList, and the Clements taxonomy assign it these five subspecies:
Because T. unicolor had been previously assigned to Tickell's thrush, by the principle of priority Fraga and Dickinson proposed its current subspecific epithet. What is now the black thrush (T. infuscatus) was previously treated as another subspecies of T. serranus, but molecular studies in the early 2000s determined that they are separate species and not closely related.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 3 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Glossy-black Thrush sighting in Podocarpus National Park on a given day, based on 199 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 100th most-seen of the 446 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March, May–June, August and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Glossy-black Thrush in Podocarpus National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Glossy-black 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.
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Of the 4 parks where we can rate Glossy-black Thrush sightings, Podocarpus National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Henri Pittier National Park (Venezuela, about 10%) and Los Nevados National Natural Park (Colombia, under 5%).
Same genus: Turdus
The closest relatives of the Glossy-black Thrush that you can see in Podocarpus National Park (genus Turdus, Typical Thrushes) are Great Thrush (about 40%), White-necked Thrush (about 20%) and Black-billed Thrush (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Glossy-black Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Podocarpus National Park (199 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.
