Long-billed Thrush
Zoothera monticola
Uncommon large gray-brown thrush with an exceptionally long bill. Note slaty gray back, dark brown head, and mottled pale underparts. Found in moist, wet hilly and montane forests with dense shading vegetation; favors streamsides. Sings a phrase of two or three plaintive whistles, usually at dusk or dawn.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Zoothera monticola
- Authority
- Vigors, 1832
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae
- Genus
- Zoothera
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Vertical migration
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
Other Birds
Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul
Arizelocichla kikuyuensis
Medium-sized chunky greenbul with a broken pale eye-ring. Note the gray head, softly striped cheek, and olive-green underparts. Common and conspicuous in montane forest. Often joins mixed flocks with other bird species. The song is a short series of barking and mewing notes.
Inca Wren
Pheugopedius eisenmanni
Boldly patterned wren with a localized range in southern Peru. Reddish brown, with a black-and-white streaked face and breast and a bold white eyebrow. Larger and longer-tailed than the similar Gray-breasted Wood-Wren. Found in dense undergrowth of humid montane forest, often in bamboo thickets. Listen for its rollicking whistled song, usually given in duet.
Common Firecrest
Regulus ignicapilla
Tiny bird, smaller than a warbler, with distinctive combination of boldly striped head, white wingbars, and bronzy-golden patch on sides of neck. Male has a fiery orange crown stripe; female's is yellow. Inhabits mixed forests, plantations, and gardens, usually in areas with conifers. In autumn and winter, often travels with foraging flocks of tits and other small woodland birds. Inconspicuous but active, often high in the canopy, giving high, thin, lisping vocalizations.
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