Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush

Catharus fuscater (Lafresnaye, 1845)

Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush, Catharus fuscater, is a resident bird of Middle America and South America, breeding from Costa Rica to northern Bolivia. It belongs to the thrush family, Turdidae. First described in 1845, it is placed in the genus Catharus. Its range is broken into separate parts across the Andes and nearby mountain regions, including Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. The sexes look alike. Adults of the nominate form show dark slate-grey upperparts, a bright orange to yellowish orange eye-ring, and underparts that are mostly dark slate grey with some white, sometimes with a yellowish wash.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Turdidae — Thrushes

Breeding range

Middle America, South America: Costa Rica to n Bolivia