Black-headed nightingale-thrush

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Black-headed nightingale-thrush
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Catharus
Species:
C. mexicanus
Binomial name
Catharus mexicanus
(Bonaparte, 1856)
Catharus mexicanus map.svg

The black-headed nightingale-thrush (Catharus mexicanus) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

When interacting with ruddy-capped nightingale-thrushes, it is aggressive. [2]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Catharus mexicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22708647A131949423. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22708647A131949423.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Jones, Samuel E. I.; Tobias, Joseph A.; Freeman, Robin; Portugal, Steven J. (26 November 2019). "Weak asymmetric interspecific aggression and divergent habitat preferences at an elevational contact zone between tropical songbirds". Ibis. 162 (3): 814–826. doi:10.1111/ibi.12793. ISSN   0019-1019.