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STRAIGHT BILLED SONG BIRDS
Thrush Family Gallery

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Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Turdus
Species: grayi
Common Name: Clay-colored Thrush
Also known as the clay-colored robin, yigüirro in Costa Rico
Conservation Status: LC
Subspecies: unknown
Description
Length: 9 inches
Wingspan: inches
Male: The clay-colored robih resembles other thrush. The legs are pinkish
It has brown upper plumage and lighter below and lightest on the flanks.
Throat is faintly streaked and the bill is greenish-yellow with a dark base.
Eyes have red irises.
Female: same as male
Juvenile: Immature birds have faint mottling on back and under parts
Habitat:
Common in lowland parks and gardens.
Range:
Year-round: south Texas coastal plains, through Eastern Mexico coastal Plains.
It is seen throughout all of Central America to northern Colombia
Breeding:
Wintering: Rio Grande River in Texas where it is expanding its range.

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Straight Billed Song Birds
Clay-colored Thrush
(m3an-chb-sost-119cl-2010-0218.1510) Clay-colored Thrush at Salineno, TX
Straight Billed Song Birds
Clay-colored Thrush

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