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Comoro Thrush
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Comoro Thrush
Turdus bewsheri
The Comoros thrush (Turdus bewsheri) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in the Comoros Islands in the south western Indian Ocean.
From the article Comoro thrush on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The Comoro thrush is a brown bird with olive tinged upperparts, slightly more rufous on the tail and wings. The underparts are whitish except for brown flanks and brown scaling on the breast and belly, central belly and undertail coverts are white. The females are browner than the males but otherwise similar, juveniles are more rufous. The length is 24 centimetres (9.4 in).
Voice. The song is a typically thrush-like series of melodious, rich notes which varies between islands. Alarm call is a sharp "twit" and there is a soft contact call.
Range & habitat
There are three recognised subspecies, each endemic to a single island. They are:
Turdis bewsheri comorensis Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, 1885: Grand Comoro. Turdis bewsheri moheliensis Benson, 1960: Mohéli. Turdis bewsheri bewsheri E. Newton, 1877: Anjouan.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and subspecies”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 12771.