Campina thrush
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Turdus |
| Species: | T. arthuri
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| Binomial name | |
| Turdus arthuri (Chubb, C, 1914)
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The Campina thrush (Turdus arthuri) is a thrush in the genus Turdus native to the Amazon biome. It was previously considered conspecific with the black-billed thrush.
Taxonomy[edit]
The Campina thrush was originally described by Charles Chubb as Arthur's thrush in 1914 from a specimen taken near the Abary River in British Guiana (modern day Guyana), and placed in the genus Planesticus.[2] It was considered a subspecies of black-billed thrush until 2019 when a proposal to split it and the Pantepui thrush was unanimously approved by the South American Classification Committee.[3]
Description[edit]
The Campina thrush has a total length of 202mm and a weight of 64g. It is a medium sized dusky brown thrush, with a white throat with brown streaks. It has a white vent and undertail and a pale belly. It looks similar to it's relative the Pantepui thrush, but is smaller with a slight olive wash on its wings and a generally more ashy appearance.[4]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
The species is the most common Turdus thrush of disturbed habitats in west central Amazonia and on the Guianan Shield, occurring in Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, 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.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Turdus arthuri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103891016A104357596. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103891016A104357596.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Chubb, Charles (1921). The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell (2nd ed.). London: Taylor and Francis. p. 385. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Stiles, F. Gary (March 2019). "Recognize Turdus murinus and T. arthuri as species distinct from T. ignobilis". South American Classification Committee. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Ogilvie-Grant, W.R. (August 1914). "Planesticus arthuri, sp. n." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. xxxiii: 131–132. Retrieved 8 May 2024.