Black-headed nightingale-thrush

The black-headed nightingale-thrush (Catharus mexicanus) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Black-headed nightingale-thrush
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Catharus
Species:
C. mexicanus
Binomial name
Catharus mexicanus
(Bonaparte, 1856)

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

When interacting with ruddy-capped nightingale-thrushes, it is aggressive.[2]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Catharus mexicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22708647A131949423. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22708647A131949423.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Jones, Samuel E. I.; Tobias, Joseph A.; Freeman, Robin; Portugal, Steven J. (26 November 2019). "Weak asymmetric interspecific aggression and divergent habitat preferences at an elevational contact zone between tropical songbirds". Ibis. 162 (3): 814–826. doi:10.1111/ibi.12793. ISSN 0019-1019.