Biology:Pantepui thrush

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Short description: Species of bird

Pantepui thrush
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Turdus
Species:
T. murinus
Binomial name
Turdus murinus
Salvin, 1885
Turdus murinus map.svg

The Pantepui thrush (Turdus murinus) is a bird in the genus Turdus native to the tepuis of northern South America. It was previously considered conspecific with the black-billed thrush, but genetic data indicates that the two are not closely related.[1]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the foothills of southern Guyana and Venezuela. It inhabits a variety of habitats including clearings, savannas with gallery woodland, cerrado, humid forest borders, coffee plantations, and various other habitats under anthropogenic influence.[citation needed]


References

  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Thrushes". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/thrushes/. Retrieved 29 June 2019. 

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