Clay-colored Robin

Turdus grayiOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Thrushes (Turdidae)

Codes: Common Name: CCRO Scientific Name: TURGRA ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179768

Breeding Location:

Forest edge, Grassland with scattered trees

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Rare

Egg Color:

Pale blue with brown, gray and red spots

Number of Eggs:

2 - 4

Incubation Days:

12 - 14

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Mud, grasses, and twigs

Migration:

Nonmigratory

General

Clay-colored Robin: Large thrush with olive-brown upperparts, brown-streaked buff throat, and pale brown underparts. Bill is yellow-green and black-tipped. Sexes are similar. Juvenile has light spots on upperwing coverts.

Range and Habitat

Clay-colored Robin: Resident from eastern Mexico to Columbia; occurs casually in lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. Inhabits open or semi-open areas; also forest edges, gardens, suburban lots.

Breeding and Nesting

Clay-colored Robin: Two to four pale blue eggs dotted with brown, gray, and red are laid in a cup nest made of mud, grass, and twigs, and built low in a tree or shrub. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Clay-colored Robin: Eats insects, caterpillars, and some berries and fruits; occasionally takes snails, small amphibians, and reptiles. Hops and runs on the ground while foraging, pushing litter aside with its bill; also gleans food from branches and foliage low in trees.

Readily Eats

Raisins, Currants, Nut Meal

Vocalization

Clay-colored Robin: Song is a slow, long, caroling of various musical phrases such as "cheerily-cheer-up-cheerio." Calls include a throaty "tock", a slurred "reeur-ee", and a clucking note.

Similar Species

Clay-colored Robin: American Robin has red-brown breast, white belly, gray-brown upperparts, white throat, and yellow bill.

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Clay-colored Robin

Clay-colored Robin: Large thrush with olive-brown upperparts, buff throat has faint brown streaks, and pale brown underparts. Bill is yellow-green and black-tipped. The legs and feet are gray-black. Direct, swift flight on rapidly beating wings. It is the national bird of Costa Rica.

● Song: "cheerily-cheer-up-cheerio"

● Foraging & Feeding: Clay-colored Robin: Eats insects, caterpillars, and some berries and fruits; occasionally takes snails, small amphibians, and reptiles. Hops and runs on the ground while foraging, pushing litter aside with its bill; also gleans food from branches and foliage low in trees.

● Breeding & nesting: Clay-colored Robin: Two to four pale blue eggs dotted with brown, gray, and red are laid in a cup nest made of mud, grass, and twigs, and built low in a tree or shrub. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Clay-colored Robin: American Robin has red-brown breast, white belly, gray-brown upperparts, white throat, and yellow bill.

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.

Clay-colored Robin Breeding Male Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: Clay-colored Robin: Resident from eastern Mexico to Columbia; occurs casually in lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. Inhabits open or semi-open areas; also forest edges, gardens, suburban lots.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationRare

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight2.6 Ounces

Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

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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