Pale-vented Thrush

Appearance

The upper parts of the birds' feathers are brown with the underparts being lighter with a white underside near the tail area and the underside of the wings are pale orange. Both the male and female appearances are similar. The height of the bird ranges from 5cm up to 23cm tall and weighs from 61g to 82g. The subspecies "parambanus" appearance has a slightly darker brown above area with mainly white belly. The second subspecies "colombianus" is paler with olive feathers on the breast and underside of the wings.

Distribution

The number of adult pale-vented thrush as of 2019 ranges between 500,000 up to 4,999,999 with the population trends at this time showing the number of them as decreasing. With their population decreasing they are still classified as a part of the least concern according to the IUCN. They are more common in Central America, and more rare in Ecuador.

Habitat

The pale-vented thrush can be found in lower growth areas inside humid and wet foothills; they can also be found in lower subtropical forests. They often prefer areas that are clear with openings and in gallery forests but also have been spotted at the edges of forests. Outside of breeding season they might be spotted around pasture trees and lower second growth.

Food

The Pale-vented thrush has a diet consisting of berries, invertebrates, and fruits from plants in the area they are found like from Lauraceae plants. They forage in trees and occasionally on the ground through leaf litter and will do this in groups with other bird species sometimes.