Mountain Robin
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae Genus: Turdus Species: T. plebejus
Binomial name
Turdus plebejus Cabanis, 1861

The Mountain Robin or Mountain Thrush (Turdus plebejus) is a large thrush which breeds in highlands from southern Mexico to western Panama. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ... Image File history File links Status_iucn3. ... Least Concern (LC) is an IUCN category assigned to species or lower taxa which do not qualify for any other category. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Digimon, the only known animals. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... “Aves” redirects here. ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Genera 22 genera, see text The Thrushes, family Turdidae, are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively in the Old World. ... Genera Turdus The true thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Turdus of the thrush family Turdidae. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Jean Louis Cabanis. ... Genera 22 genera, see text The Thrushes, family Turdidae, are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively in the Old World. ...

This is a bird of tall mountain forests and adjacent more open areas and woodland edge. Its prefererence is for oak with many epiphytes and mosses, normally from 1800 m altitude to the timberline. It descends in flocks as low as 900 m in the wet season. “Aves” redirects here. ... Species See List of Quercus species The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus, and some related genera, notably Cyclobalanopsis and Lithocarpus. ... Near Orosí, Costa Rica Epiphytes on a tree near Santa Elena in Costa Rica An example of an epiphyte assemblage of orchids and bromeliads in a garden setting in Hawaii An epiphyte is any plant that grows upon or attached to another living plant. ... Subclasses Sphagnidae Andreaeidae Tetraphidae Polytrichidae Archidiidae Buxbaumiidae Bryidae Mosses are small, soft plants that are typically 1-10 cm tall, occasionally more. ...

It builds a grass or rootlet-lined large cup nest, concealed amongst epiphytes, 3–12 m above the ground on a tree branch. The female lays 2–3 unmarked greenish-blue eggs between March and June.

The Mountain Robin resembles other Turdus thrushes in general appearance and habits. It is 23-26 cm long, and weighs 86 g on average. The adult is uniformly dull olive-brown with faint white streaks on the throat. The bill is black and the legs are dark brown. The juvenile resembles the adult, but has but has buff or orange streaks on the head and upperparts, and dark spotting on the underparts. Genera Turdus The true thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Turdus of the thrush family Turdidae. ...

There are three poorly-defined subspecies:

• Nominate T. p. plebejus of the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama is described above.
• T. p. differens from the Pacific slope of Mexico to Caribbean Guatemala is more olive above, and more olive brown and less grey below
• T. p. rafaelensi of the highlands from Honduras to northwestern Nicaragua is intermediate between the northern and southern subspecies above, and is often merged with differens.

Two superficially similar relatives share this species range. Sooty Robin is blacker with an orange bill, eyering and legs, and Clay-colored Robin is much paler and yellow-billed. For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ... West Indian redirects here. ... Binomial name Turdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 The Clay-colored Robin (Turdus grayi) is a common Central American bird of the thrush family. ...

The Mountain Robin behaves like other thrushes. It forages on large branches or on the ground, in flocks when not breeding, progressing in hops and dashes with frequent stops. It turns leaf litter seeking small fruits, insects and spiders. Orders See taxonomy Insects (Class Insecta) are a major group of arthropods and the most diverse group of animals on the Earth, with over a million described species — more than all other animal groups combined [1]. Insects may be found in nearly all environments on the planet, although only a... Diversity 111 families, 40,000 species Suborders Mesothelae Mygalomorphae Araneomorphae  See table of families Closeup image of a Wolf Spider Wikispecies has information related to: Spiders Spiders are predatory invertebrate animals that have two body segments, eight legs, no chewing mouth parts and no wings. ...

The breeding season song is an unthrushlike mechanical monotone chip chip cher chip chip cher cher, and the call is a high seee or whip.

References

• BirdLife International (2004). Turdus plebejus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
• Clement and Hathaway, Thrushes ISBN 0-7136-3940-7
• Stiles and Skutch, A guide to the birds of Costa Rica ISBN 0-8014-9600-4