Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | tord muntanyenc |
| Dutch | Cabanis' Lijster |
| English | Mountain Thrush |
| English (United States) | Mountain Thrush |
| French | Merle de montagne |
| French (France) | Merle de montagne |
| German | Cabanisdrossel |
| Japanese | ミヤマクロウタドリ |
| Norwegian | plebeiertrost |
| Polish | drozd górski |
| Russian | Скромный дрозд |
| Serbian | Meksički planinski drozd |
| Slovak | drozd vrchovský |
| Spanish | Zorzal Plebeyo |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Mirlo Montañero |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Zorzal Montés |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Mirlo Serrano Mesoamericano |
| Spanish (Panama) | Mirlo Montañero |
| Spanish (Spain) | Zorzal plebeyo |
| Swedish | molntrast |
| Turkish | Dağ Ardıcı |
| Ukrainian | Дрізд панамський |
Mountain Thrush Turdus plebejus
Version: 1.0 — Published September 27, 2013
Distribution
Distribution in the Americas
Mountain Thrush is resident in highlands from southeastern Mexico south to western Panama. In Mexico is occurs only north to southeastern Oaxaca (Sierra de Chiapas; Binford 1989) and southern Chiapas. The distribution continues south to western Panama in Chiriquí (Wetmore et al. 1982).
The elevational range of Mountain Thrush is 1800-3500 m in Mexico and northern Central America (Howell and Webb 1995), but it occurs, at least locally, down to 1300 m in Costa Rica (Stiles and Skutch 1989).
Distribution outside the Americas
Endemic to the Americas.
Habitat
Mountain Thrush occurs in humid montane evergreen forest and edges (Howell and Webb 1995); Skutch (1972) described the habitat in Guatemala as "forests of towering trees heavily burdened with mosses, liverworts, ferns, and flowering epiphytes". Mountain Thrush also visits "pastures with scattered, moss-draped trees; outside [of the] breeding season, flocks also visit open groves of small, berry-laden trees and low second growth" (Stiles and Skutch 1989).
Historical changes
None reported.
Fossil history
None reported.
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
