General

Aztec Thrush: Large thrush with dark-streaked, brown-black upperparts, head, and upper breast. Underparts are white with dark brown mottled flanks. Wings are dark with white shoulders and tips. Tail is dark with broad white tip. Female is paler brown overall with more streaks on breast and throat. Juvenile has white-streaked upperparts and scaled brown underparts.

Range and Habitat

Aztec Thrush: Native of Mexico that makes rare visits to Arizona and Texas.

Breeding and Nesting

Aztec Thrush: Two to three light blue eggs are laid in a nest made of twigs, moss, grass, and mud, lined with finer materials, and built on a branch or fork in a tree. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Aztec Thrush: Eats insects, fruits, and berries; forages in trees and shrubs, and occasionally on the ground.

Readily Eats

Raisins, Currants, Nut Meal

Vocalization

Aztec Thrush: Song is a tremulous, slightly burry "wheeerr" or "dweeeeir" repeated steadily by the male. Calls include a quavering "wheeeeer," a slightly metallic "wheer" and a nasal to clear "sweee-uh."

Similar Species

Aztec Thrush: Varied Thrush has rust-brown breast and wing-bars and lacks orange on crown.