THRUSHES

Aztec Thrush

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ridgwayia pinicola

The Aztec thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. They were unknown in the U.S. until an individual was spotted in Texas in 1977.

Males have a dark brown hood, head, neck and upper mantle being dark brown, with pale flecks or streaks. There may be a pale brown supercilium. The back, scapulars, median coverts and greater coverts are dark brown, the greater coverts having white edges.
The primary coverts are black, with gray tips. The flight feathers are black, with some white patches. The lesser and median coverts of the underwing are white, and the greater coverts are blackish gray.
The tail is black or blackish-brown, with whitish-gray tips. The breast is dark brown, and the rest of the underparts is white. The beak is dark brown, and the legs are pale pink.

Females do not have a hood, they are paler and they have larger streaks.

Juveniles are blackish, with golden-buff marks on its head and back. They have cinnamon or reddish-brown lower back, a black tail and scaled underparts.

The Aztec Thrush is 8.5 – 9.4 inches long and weighs 67– 88 grams.

CALL: Include "wheeerr", "prreep", whein and "sweee-uh".

SONG: The call repeated and mixed with some other sounds.

They feed on fruits, berries, and insects. Their diet is often dependent upon season and location.

Mostly ravines of pine and pine-oak forests.

Mexico, it is a vagrant in western Texas and southeastern Arizona.

Their nest is a cup of grasses, moss, mud, and twigs, built in the crook or branch of a tree.
The female lays 2, sometimes 3, eggs, and incubates them alone.
When the eggs hatch, both parents help to raise the young, who leave the nest after about 2 weeks.

SOURCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org
https://www.sdakotabirds.com