Karoo thrush
| Karoo thrush | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Turdus |
| Species: | T. smithi
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| Binomial name | |
| Turdus smithi Bonaparte,1850
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TheKaroo thrush(Turdus smithi), also known asSmith's thrush,is a member of the thrush family inAfrica.It has traditionally been considered asubspeciesof theolive thrush(with which it is known tohybridize), but is increasingly treated as a separatespecies.Thespecific namehonours theScottishmilitary surgeonandzoologistSirAndrew Smith.[2]
Description
[edit]This medium-sized bird has a length of about 24 cm. It has a wing length between 117 and 131 mm, a culmen length between 20 and 24 mm and a tarsus length between 30.0 and 34.5 mm. It can reach a mass of at least 86 g. It differs from the olive thrush by its longer, entirely yellow bill, its longer wings, and its greyer flanks.
Range
[edit]It occurs inSouth Africa,where it is present inLittle Namaqualand,theKarooandNorthern Cape,Free State,Gauteng,Limpopo,Mpumalangaand parts of theNorth West Province.
Gallery
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A nest -
Egg -
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Juvenile -
Adult showing grey flank (yellow inolive thrush)
References
[edit]- ^BirdLife International (2017)."Turdus smithi".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2017:e.T22734108A119723093.doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22734108A119723093.en.Retrieved18 November2021.
- ^James A. Jobling (2010).The Helm dictionary of scientific bird names from aalge to zusii.Christopher Helm, London. p. 358.ISBN9781408125014.
External links
[edit]- Bo T Bonnevie,The biology of suburban Olive Thrushes(Turdus olivaceus olivaceus)in the Eastern Cape, South Africa(2005). M.Sc. thesis, Rhodes University, South Africa
- Olive/Karoo Thrush identification
- Birds of Southern Africa - Karoo Thrush
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