Chiguanco thrush

Chiguanco thrush
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Turdidae
Genus:	Turdus
Species:	T. chiguanco
Binomial name
Turdus chiguanco d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837

The Chiguanco thrush (Turdus chiguanco) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found from Ecuador and the Altiplano south to Argentina ^[2] . Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and heavily degraded former forest.

Subspecies

Chiguanco group (polytypic):

• Turdus chiguanco chiguanco: Peru, Bolivia and northern Chile.
• Turdus chiguanco conradi: Ecuador and northern Peru.

Anthracinus group (monotypic):

• Turdus chiguanco anthracinus (sombre thrush): Argentina and southern Bolivia.

Gallery

• 
  Adult (chiguanco subspecies)
• 
  Anthracinus subspecies in Argentina.
• 
  In urban street Cusco, Peru

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Turdus chiguanco". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T103889964A94180460. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103889964A94180460.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Arlott; van Perlo; Rodriguez Mata; Carrizo; Chiappe; Huber; Erize; de la Pena; Sharp Straneck (2021). The Complete Birds of the World. Princeton.