Yellow Thrush
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Yellow Thrush ( Turdus grayi ) |
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The Yellow Thrush ( Turdus grayi ) or Schlichtdrossel is a songbird from the thrush family (Turdidae). The yellow owl has been the national bird of Costa Rica since 1977 . In Costa Rica it is called "yiguirro".
description
The clay-colored bird has a yellow beak and red-brown iris rings . The yellow thrush reaches a body length of 23 to 27 centimeters and a weight of 65 to 86 grams.
habitat
The species is found mainly in Costa Rica, Mexico and northern Colombia . It lives in open terrain and light forests up to an altitude of 2,450 meters.
nutrition
The yellow owl feeds mainly on fruits , insects and velvet worms , but does not disdain smaller lizards either.
Reproduction
The female lays two to four eggs , which are incubated for about two weeks until the young birds hatch.
literature
- Christopher M. Perrins (Ed.): The FSVO encyclopedia birds of the world. Translated from the English by Einhard Bezzel. BLV, Munich / Vienna / Zurich 2004, ISBN 978-3-405-16682-3 (Title of the original English edition: The New Encyclopedia Of Birds. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2003).
Web links
- Turdus grayi in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2011. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2009. Accessed November 13, 2011th
- Bird's voice
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad - Turdus grayi (span.) ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 12, 2013
- ^ Carrol L. Henderson: Birds of Costa Rica , A Field Guide, p. 273, Turdus grayi
