The Chiguanco thrush (''Turdus chiguanco'') is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...

in the family Turdidae. It is found in

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

and the

Altiplano The Altiplano (Spanish language, Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechuan languages, Quechua and Aymara language, Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla people, Qulla") or Andean Plateau, in west-central South America, is the most extens ...

. Its natural

habitat In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species' habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ...

s are subtropical or tropical high-altitude

shrubland Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominance (ecology), dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbaceous plant, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally o ...

and heavily degraded former forest.

Subspecies

Chiguanco group (polytypic): * Turdus chiguanco chiguanco: Peru, Bolivia and northern Chile. * Turdus chiguanco conradi: Ecuador and northern Peru. Anthracinus group (monotypic): * Turdus chiguanco anthracinus (sombre thrush): Argentina and southern Bolivia.

Gallery

Image:Chiguanco Thrush (Turdus chiguanco).jpg, Adult (chiguanco subspecies) Image:Turdus (chiguanco) anthracinus.jpg, Anthracinus subspecies in Argentina. Image:Turdus chiguanco-head.jpg, In urban street

Cusco Cusco or Cuzco (; or , ) is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Sacred Valley of the Andes mountain range and the Huatanay river. It is the capital of the eponymous Cusco Province, province and Cusco Region, department. The city was the cap ...

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

References

Chiguanco thrush Chiguanco thrush Birds of the Ecuadorian Andes Birds of the Puna grassland Chiguanco thrush Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Turdidae-stub