Karoo Thrush
A species of True thrushes Scientific name : Turdus smithi Genus : True thrushes
Karoo Thrush, A species of True thrushes
Botanical name: Turdus smithi
Genus: True thrushes
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Photo By Don Roberson 
Description
This medium-sized bird has a length of about 24 cm. It has a wing length between 117 and 131 mm, a culmen length between 20 and 24 mm and a tarsus length between 30.0 and 34.5 mm. It can reach a mass of at least 86 g. It differs from the olive thrush by its longer, entirely yellow bill, its longer wings, and its greyer flanks. 
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Karoo Thrush consumes fruits, seeds, small reptiles, insects, and other small prey. It forages on grounds or under cover, scratching leaf litter and following ants for disturbed insects. Karoo Thrush exhibits diverse feeding behaviors, with no unique dietary adaptations specified.
Habitat
The karoo Thrush is commonly found in a diversity of environments, including riverine bush, exotic plantations, urban gardens, parks, and orchards. Preferring areas with less than 500 mm of annual rainfall, this species thrives particularly in arid and semi-arid desert regions, adapting well to urbanized spaces. It favors arid regions along watercourses in its southwestern range, in contrast to its relative which opts for densely wooded areas. Broadly, in regions with evergreen forests and Eucalyptus plantations, karoo Thrush cedes habitat to nearby subspecies.
Dite type
Omnivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Photo By Don Roberson 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Thrushes Genus
True thrushes Species
Karoo Thrush 
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