Sooty Thrush
Turdus nigrescens Cabanis, 1861
Turdidae — Thrushes
Sooty Thrush, Turdus nigrescens, is a thrush of Middle America, breeding in Costa Rica and Panama. It was described by Cabanis in 1861 and belongs to the family Turdidae. Formerly called the sooty robin, it is a resident of montane country, with some seasonal downslope movement after breeding. It lives along forest edges, in scrub and in second-growth growth, including páramo, bogs and pastures. Its range is split between Costa Rica’s Cordillera Central and Cordillera de Talamanca, with the latter reaching far western Panama.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae — Thrushes
- Breeding range
- Middle America: Costa Rica and Panama
