Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus Scientific name definitions
Text last updated November 18, 2011
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | merla cama-roja de les Bahames |
Dutch | Roodpootlijster |
English | Red-legged Thrush |
English (United States) | Red-legged Thrush |
French | Merle vantard |
French (France) | Merle vantard |
German | Rotfußdrossel |
Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Kwèt-kwèt |
Icelandic | Kúbuþröstur |
Japanese | オジロツグミ |
Norwegian | rødleggtrost |
Polish | drozd karaibski |
Russian | Красноногий дрозд |
Serbian | Olovnosivi drozd |
Slovak | drozd bielobradý |
Spanish | Zorzal Patirrojo |
Spanish (Cuba) | Zorzal de patas coloradas |
Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Chua-chuá |
Spanish (Honduras) | Zorzal Patas Rojas |
Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Zorzal Patirrojo |
Spanish (Spain) | Zorzal patirrojo |
Swedish | rödbent trast |
Turkish | Kırmızı Bacaklı Ardıç |
Ukrainian | Дрізд карибський |
Turdus plumbeus Linnaeus, 1758
Definitions
- TURDUS
- turdus
- plumbeum / plumbeus
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Introduction
Red-legged Thrush is a non-migratory Caribbean species found mostly in the Greater Antilles and Bahamas, but also on Dominica, in the Lesser Antilles. It consists of several, well-differentiated subspecies, most of which originally were described as full species. Common features are their bluish-gray upperparts; variegated tail usually with white corners; throat with varying amounts of black and white; tarsi that are red or at least orange-yellow; bill usually red (but may be black); and usually a red eye-ring. Red-legged Thrush has a tendency to turn its tail somewhat upwards at least part of the time, and prefers to walk or run, but will fly away if disturbed. It is found in different forested habitats with some differences in preference among the islands, but tolerates disturbed areas such as partial cutting or second growth. Red-legged Thrush has wide-ranging food preferences including fruits and seeds as well as invertebrates and small vertebrates. This adaptability seems to include both adult and nestling food. Nesting season seems to vary geographically, and clutch size is usually 2‒3. North American observers seeing Red-legged Thrush have been reminded of either American Robin (Turdus migratorius) or Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis).