White-throated Robin

Turdus assimilisOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Thrushes (Turdidae)

Codes: Common Name: WTRO Scientific Name: TURASS ITIS Taxonomic No.: 563566

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White-throated Robin Breeding Male Portrait

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White-throated Robin

White-throated Robin: Large thrush, brown upperparts, gray underparts, white undertail coverts. Darker head has thin, yellow eye-ring. Bill is dark gray to yellowish. Brown-streaked white throat is bordered below with thick white crescent. Direct, swift flight on rapidly beating wings.

● Song: "kyow", "reeuh-reeuh"

● Foraging & Feeding: White-throated Robin: Feeds on insects, berries, and some fruits; forages in all parts of trees, spending most of its time in mid to upper levels.

● Breeding & nesting: White-throated Robin: Two to four gray and red brown flecked, light blue or white eggs are laid in a cup nest made of rootlets, grass, moss, and mud, with a lining of finer materials. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: White-throated Robin: Clay-colored Robin has pale brown, paler bill, white throat with olive-brown streaking, and lacks white collar.

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight on rapidly beating wings.

White-throated Robin Breeding Male Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: White-throated Robin: Native of Mexico; has been spotted twice in the lower Rio Grande Valley in southernmost Texas in winter. Prefers riparian forests.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationCommon to fairly common

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight2.4 Ounces

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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