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Creamy-bellied Thrush
Turdus amaurochalinus | Cabanis, 1850

Vocalization

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Characterization: Small to medium-sized species measuring about 22 cm in length. This bird's head and upper side, including its wings, are a uniform olive-brown in color, it has an area in front of the eye that is black, its neck is white with a dense brown striation, and the base of its tail has a white area.

Distribution: From the Northeast, East and South, to Argentina and Bolivia, central Brazil, Mato Grosso, Upper Xingu, Goiás, and also in Acre and the lower Amazonas region.

Habitat: Edge of woods, parks, gardens, cities, and savannas.

Habits: A diurnal and skittish species, it likes to flip its tail up and down and, when disturbed, hides quickly in tree coverage.

Diet: Omnivorous, feeding on several small palm tree coconuts, such as "palmito doce" and açaí, as well as on arthropods.

Breeding: This bird lays 2-3 eggs in deep bowl-shaped, thick-walled nests made of roots and other plant parts and moss, reinforced by clay in variable proportions, solidly built on thick branches, stumps or trunks covered with epiphytes, and sometimes on ravines.

In the UFRA area: In the survey campaigns, this bird species had a spatial distribution restricted to wetlands with herbaceous plants and restored native forests. It is considered rare, as it was seen only 2 times.