Cocoa Thrush
A species of True thrushes Scientific name : Turdus fumigatus Genus : True thrushes
Cocoa Thrush, A species of True thrushes
Botanical name: Turdus fumigatus
Genus: True thrushes
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Description
The cocoa thrush (Turdus fumigatus) is a resident breeding bird in South America from eastern Colombia south and east to central and eastern Brazil, and on Trinidad and some of the Lesser Antilles. The habitat of this large thrush is dense forest. The nest is a lined bulky cup of twigs low in a tree or treefern. Two to three reddish-blotched greenish-blue eggs are laid and incubated by the female for about 13 days to hatching. The young then fledge in another 13–15 days. The cocoa thrush is 22–24 cm long. It is dark rufous brown above and paler rufous brown below. There are five poorly defined races, differing mainly in the brightness of the plumage. Sexes are similar, but young birds are duller, having the scalloped underparts common in immature thrushes. The cocoa thrush mainly feeds on or near the ground on insects, especially ants, other invertebrates and some berries. It is a shy species, but on Trinidad it is much tamer, and will come to feeders. The song is a musical warble, and it also produces a variety of typical thrush chuck and chak calls. 
Size
24 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Cocoa Thrush primarily feeds on earthworms and millipedes, supplementing its diet with a variety of berries and other fruits. This bird forages on the forest floor, using its beak to turn over leaf litter in search of prey.
Habitat
Cocoa Thrush thrives in humid lowland forests up to 1000 meters elevation, often near water sources such as streams and swamps, extending into wet highlands up to 1800 meters in places. This species is also adaptable to human-altered landscapes, including parks and shade plantations. Key habitats encompass gallery and savanna forests, coastal sand ridges, and mangroves.
Dite type
Omnivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Distribution Area
In South America, besides the Amazon Basin, the Guianas and the Guiana Shield, the cocoa thrush ranges into two areas. A medium-sized disjunct population lives on southeast coastal Brazil; the narrow coastal range is 300 km wide and extends from Alagoas state in the north to southern Rio de Janeiro state, about 2300 km. Another range for the species is in northeast Colombia and southwest Venezuela. It covers parts of the headwaters of the Caribbean-flowing Orinoco River drainage, and adjacent Amazonian headwaters to the Rio Negro flowing southeast into the Amazon's northwest quadrant. This Colombian-Venezuelan range extends to the coast, and is coastal along northern Venezuela, as it is an extension of the range from the Guianas, (western Guyana). The cocoa thrush's range covers the downstream eastern half of the Amazon Basin; in the northeast Basin, it is in Pará and Amapá state with the Guianas. In the southeast Basin, it is in the Tapajos River and Xingu River drainages; also two thirds of the adjacent river system, the lower Araguaia–Tocantins River drainage.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Thrushes Genus
True thrushes Species
Cocoa Thrush 
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