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Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush

Catharus fuscater

Sounds

  • Recording by Niels Krabbe (XC250598). CC-BY-SA · Source

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 45, February 50, March 34, April 20, May 27, June 21, July 34, August 16, September 2, October 12, November 11, December 21.
Costa Rica293
Provincia Puntarenas139
Provincia Guanacaste57
Provincia Alajuela46
Colombia34
Provincia Heredia28
Ecuador25
Pichincha18
Caldas16
Magdalena13

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyThrushes · Turdidae
GenusBrown Thrushes and Nightingale-Thrushes · Catharus

Sources

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