Olive Thrush

It can reach a length of 24 cm and a mass of at least 101 grams. The tail and the upperparts are coloured dull olive brown. The belly is white and the rest of the underparts have an orange hue. The throat is speckled with white spots. It can be found in evergreen forests, parks, and gardens. Its diet consists of earthworms, insects, snails, fruits, and spiders.

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

The Olive Thrush (Turdus olivaceus) is, in its range, one of the most common members of the thrush family (Turdidae). It occurs in east African highlands from Eritrea and Ethiopia in north to the Cape of Good Hope in south. It is a bird of forest and woodland, but has - locally - adapted to parks and large gardens in suburban areas. It can reach a length of 24 cm and a mass of at least 101 grams. The tail and the upperparts are coloured dull olive brown. More

the much more common olive thrush (Turdus olivaceus), but was raised to full species status on account of its distinct appearance (2) (4) (5). - The Taita thrush is confined to four tiny forest patches around 15 kilometres apart in the Taita Hills, south-eastern Kenya (2) (3) (6). More

Olive ThrushThe Olive Thrush (Turdus olivaceus) is one of the commonest members of the thrush family (Turdidae) in Africa. It occurs south of the Sahara discontinuously from Eritrea and Ethiopia south to Kenya, Tanzania, The Gambia, the Cape of Good Hope and west to Angola. It is a forest bird, but has adapted to parks and large gardens in suburban areas. It can reach a length of 24 cm and a weight up to 81 grams. More

Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus Passeriformes Muscicapidae For more info and to see all my videos and much more go to http://worldbirds.netfirms. More

Since the splitting of Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus on the basis of genetic evidence, and the erection of Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi to full species level, there has been no definitive publication (field guide) to show birders in the region how to separate these birds in the field. Until new and updated field guides becomes available, these photographs show the key morphological differences to help birders separate these species. More

Karoo Thrush and Olive Thrush were split on the basis of genetic work conducted a few years ago. However fieldguides have been rather vague and even error-prone in attempting to guide birders in relation to the identification of these related species. More

The Olive Thrush is a Southern African bird that belongs to the Muscicapidae bird family group which includes birds such as Thrushes, Robins, Chats, Old World Flycatchers. The description for the Olive Thrush (Latin name Turdus olivaceus) can be found in the 7th Edition of the Roberts Birds of Southern Africa. The Turdus olivaceus can be quickly identified by its unique Roberts identification number of 577 and the detailed description of this bird is on page 907. More

Northern Olive Thrush as 2 races of the same species. This is a distinctive bird which forages on open ground as well as among leaf litter on woodland and forest floors. Its orange beak and eye-ring, along with the duller orange of the flanks and belly make it easy to identify. The only similar species is the African Thrush whose range it overlaps (generally at around 2000m). More

Heller's Ground Thrush (referred to as Taita Olive Thrush in Howard & Moore 2 and also in CBOS 5), is considered a sub species of the Olive Thrush in the world checklists of Clements 2000 and Monroe & Sibley 1993, and in the field book of Birds of Eastern Africa published by Collins. It is, however, not similar in appearance to the Olive Thrush of southern Africa. More