Orange-billed nightingale-thrush

Orange-billed nightingale-thrush
File:Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush, La Concordia, Mexico (17001712972).jpg
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Turdidae
Genus:	Catharus
Species:	C. aurantiirostris
Binomial name
Catharus aurantiirostris (Hartlaub, 1850)

The orange-billed nightingale-thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

Measuring 14 cm (5.5 in) long, this nightingale-thrush has a bright orange bill, eye ring, and legs. Northern birds have a brown back and cap, and a whitish chest and belly. Southern birds have a distinctive grey crown and darker chest and flanks.

It is fairly common within its range. It forages on the ground for insects and fruit.

The song is a less musical than other thrushes. It consists of a nasal, slurred whaaaaa.

External links

• Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Photos from a rare U.S. sighting in the Black Hills, South Dakota in 2010
• Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush videos, photos, and sounds at the Internet Bird Collection
• Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
• Interactive range map of Catharus aurantiirostris at IUCN Red List maps