Order
Passeriformes
Family
Turdidae
Genus
Turdus
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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Mountain Thrush Turdus plebejus

Carlos A. Soberanes-González, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Marîa del Coro Arizmendi, Guy M. Kirwan, and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published September 27, 2013

Behavior

Introduction

Mountain Robins forage at all strata. They often forage well up in trees, both for fruit and for insects (along large branches), but also forage on the ground; especially under cloudy or rainy conditions, forages on the ground in pastures (Stiles and Skutch 1989).

Territoriality

There are no published data on territorial defense, maintenance, or fidelity for Mountain Thrush.

Sexual Behavior

Little information; Mountain Thrush is at least socially monogamous (Dickey and van Rossem 1938).

Social and interspecific behavior

Mountain Robin usually is solitary or in pairs, although it may form flocks in the nonbreeding season (Stiles and Skutch 1989).

Predation

No reported observations of predation on Mountain Thrush?

Recommended Citation

Soberanes-González, C. A., C. I. Rodríguez-Flores, M. d. C. Arizmendi, G. M. Kirwan, and T. S. Schulenberg (2013). Mountain Thrush (Turdus plebejus), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.mourob1.01
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