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Clay-colored Robin

Turdus grayiOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Thrushes (Turdidae)
Codes: Common Name: CCRO Scientific Name: TURGRA ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179768
Clay-colored Robin Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like Head
  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Reddish orange.
  • Head Pattern: Plain, Streaked
  • Crown Color: Olive-brown
  • Forehead Color: Olive-brown
  • Nape Color: Olive-brown
  • Throat Color: Buff with olive streaking.
  • Cere color: No Data
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Clay-colored Robin Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

Topo Map: Perching-like Body
  • Length Range: 23 cm (9 in)
  • Weight: 74 g (2.6 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: Brown, Olive, Buff
  • Underparts: Pale Buff
  • Upperparts: Olive-brown
  • Back Pattern: No Data
  • Belly Pattern: No Data
  • Breast Pattern: No Data
Clay-colored Robin Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like Flight
  • Flight Pattern: Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.
  • Wingspan Range: 37 cm (14.75 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Olive-brown
  • Under Tail: Pale Buff
  • Leg Color: Gray-lack
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Family Thrush (Turdidae)_blue
Species Turdus grayi
Length9 Inches
Wingspan14.75 Inches

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
Perching-like HeadX
Perching-like BodyX
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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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ITIS CodesX

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To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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