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Yellow-legged Thrush
Turdus flavipes Vieillot, 1818
Turdidae — Thrushes
Yellow-legged Thrush, Turdus flavipes, is a thrush of the family Turdidae that breeds in northern and south-eastern South America. It is recorded from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela, and it was once present in Paraguay, with a vagrant record from Uruguay. Its range is split into separate pockets across the region. The species was first named in 1818 and has five recognised subspecies. It uses humid forest and woodland, including edges, clearings, and shade coffee plantations.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae — Thrushes
- Breeding range
- South America: n, se
