Thrush-like Schiffornis

It is medium-sized, about 24 centimeters long. Depending on subspecies, it is overall brownish or olive. The belly is often grayish.

The Thrush-like Schiffornis is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Thrush-like Schiffornis (Schiffornis turdina), also called Thrush-like Mourner or Thrush-like Manakin, is a species of Neotropical bird. It is medium-sized, about 24 centimeters (9 in.) long. Depending on subspecies, it is overall brownish or olive. The belly is often grayish. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. More

The Thrush-like Schiffornis (Schiffornis turdinus), also called Thrush-like Manakin by some authors, is a bird of the lower levels of the forest. It feeds on insects and fruits. The bird is not brightly plumaged, and can be overlooked in dark understory, but if a male is singing it's presence is quickly known. This Thrush-like Schiffornis was photographed in November, 1991, in central Costa Rica with a Canon T-90 and FD 400mm F4.5 lens from a BushHawk shoulder mount with a Fresnel flash. More

* Thrush-like Schiffornis (Schiffornis turdina), a species of bird in the Tityridae family * Thrush-like Woodcreeper or Plain-winged Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla turdina), a species of bird in the Furnariidae family * Thrush-like Wren (Campylorhynchus turdinus), a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family * Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia), a species of bird in the Muscapidae family More

Thrush-like Schiffornis (Schiffornis turdina) by Jon Hornbuckle. Beni Biological Station (Beni). More

Thrush-like Schiffornis determination Similar species Tyrannidae Amazonian Royal Flycatcher | Bearded Tachuri | Black-capped Becard | Black-chested Tyrant | Black-crowned Tityra | Black-tailed Tityra | Boat-billed Flycatcher | Boat-billed Tody-Tyrant | Bran-coloured Flycatcher | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Cinereous Becard | Cinereous Mourner | Cinnamon Attila | Cinnamon-crested Spadebill | Cliff Flycatcher | Common Tody-Flycatcher | Double-banded Pygmy-tyrant | Drab Water-Tyrant More

Thrush-like Schiffornis; Brown Schiffornis Links * Higher taxa: Life Vertebrata Aves Tyrannidae Schiffornis Global map * IDnature guides: Bird_species, Bird_subspecies Updated: 2010-05-16 16:59:26 gmt Discover Life | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation More

Thrush-like Schiffornis (Schiffornis turdina) by Otte Ottema. More

and turdina of the Thrush-like Schiffornis (Schiffornis turdina) to species rank Effect on SACL: This change would add 5 new species to the list. Background: The Thrush-like Schiffornis (Schiffornis turdina) is a variable species, currently represented 13 subspecies (Peters 1979; Ridgely and Tudor 1994; Snow 2004). Recent evidence based on molecular mitochondrial markers indicates 7 distinct lineages (Ny More

Thrush-like Schiffornis Schiffornis turdinus Chestnut-crowned Becard Pachyramphus castaneus White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus Black-capped Becard Pachyramphus marginatus SH Cinereous Becard Pachyramphus rufus SH Pink-throated Becard Pachyramphus minor Black-tailed Tityra Tityra cayana Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata RY Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor Purplish Jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas Violaceous Jay Cyanocorax violaceus Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Lemon-chested Greenlet Hylophilus thoracicus Dusky-capped Greenlet Hylophilus hypoxanthus Tawny-crowned Greenlet More

Thrush-like Schiffornis, Schiffornis turdinus Swallows: Hiruninidae 9 species White-winged Swallow ,Tachycineta albiventer Brown-chested Martin, Phaeoprogne tapera Southern Martin, Progne modesta Gray-breasted Martin, Progne chalybea Blue and White Swallow, Notiochelidon cyanoleuca White-banded Swallow, Atticora fasciata White-thighed Swallow, Neohelidon tibialis Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Stelgidopteryx ruficollis Bank Swallow, Riparia riparia Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica Jays: Corvidae 1 species Violaceous Jay, Cyanocorax violaceus Wrens: Troglodytidae More

following: Thrush-like Schiffornis "about 800"; Thrush-like Manakin 139; Thrush-like Mourner 124. This suggests that, whatever its faults, the name "Schiffornis" as an English name really seems to have caught on (unlike, for example, the use of "Neopipo" as an English name: see proposal #187). If Schiffornis is endorsed as an English name, attentions can turn to the English names of the species in this genus. "Greater Schiffornis" as an English name is a particular problem as S. More

Thrush-like Schiffornis Schiffornis turdinus * 15 November 2002: - removed a mystery photo, after Daniel Lane found the solution (Ringed Antpipit Corythopis torquata) * 13 November 2002: - removed the photo of the strange Thrush-with-the-eyering, even though it isn't really "solved", - removed the photo of the probable Short-crested Flycatcher More