Pantepui Thrush

The pantepui thrush is about 20 cm (7.9 in) long and weighs 52 to 81 g (1.8 to 2.9 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly dusky-brown head with a white-streaked throat. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are dusky-brown. Their breast and upper flanks are a much paler dusky-brown than their upperparts. Their belly is dark ash-gray and their lower flanks and undertail coverts white. They have a dark brown iris, a black bill, and dark gray to blackish legs and feet.

The pantepui thrush is found on the lower slopes of tepuis in the southeastern Venezuelan states of Bolívar and Amazonas, in far western Guyana, and in extreme northern Brazil. The tepuis include Cerro Duida, Cerro Roraima, the Merumé Mountains, Auyán-tepui, Ptari-tepui, Sororopán-tepui, Cerro Urutani, Cerro de la Neblina, Cerro Yavi, Cerro Guanay, Cerro Camani, and Cerro Guaiquinima. The species' habitat has not been extensively studied. However, it appears to favor the edges of humid forest and early successional areas.

The pantepui thrush's diet and foraging behavior have not been studied. They are assumed to be similar to those of the black-billed thrush, which see here.

The generic name Turdus is derived from Latin, meaning "thrush", and the specific epithet murinus comes from the Latin term for "mouse-gray".