Its scientific name: Turdus leucomelas
The Chalk-cliff is the most common sabiá the interior of Brazil, especially in savanna regions. Also called Rufous-barranqueira, capoeirão, Rufous-headed-gray, Rufous-fogueteiro, Rufous-brown or Rufous-white. It is a passerine bird in the Turdidae family, a little less than the Rufous-the-woods and the Rufous-bellied Thrush. It can be confused with the Sabia-era. Species semi-forest. He lives on the edge of forests, parks, gallery forests, palm trees and coffee plantations.
Its scientific name means the (Latin) Turdus = Thrush; and the (Greek) leukos = white; and melas = black, leukomelas = black and white mix that is gray. ⇒ gray Thrush.
Adults present the top of the rounded head, gray on the sides and olive ridley at the high end without the black spot in front of the eyes. uniform dark gray beak. The gray tone dominates the back, becoming brownish wings. greyish chest, with white throat and well-defined dark gray stripes. When you fly, sometimes showing orange area of the inside of the wings. The underside of the tail is clear.
Juvenile with spotted back of brownish balls without a well-defined white throat. brown spots on the chest and belly. It measures about 22 to 23 cm. It shows sexual dimorphism, with their differentiation made only by the corner that is characteristic of males.
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7 сен 2024