Listen to the Rufous-bellied thrush
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About the Rufous-bellied thrush
The Rufous-bellied thrush is a bird in the family Turdidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 6 g.
What does the Rufous-bellied thrush sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as song and turdus rufiventris. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The rufous-bellied thrush (Turdus rufiventris) is a songbird of the thrush family (Turdidae). Its distribution covers most of eastern and southeastern Brazil from the states of Maranhão south to Rio Grande do Sul, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and central regions of Argentina.
It is one of the most common birds across much of southeastern Brazil, and is known there under the name sabiá-laranjeira. It was famously referred to in the well-known first strophe of the Brazilian nationalist poem Canção do Exílio. The rufous-bellied thrush has been the state bird of São Paulo since 1966, and the national bird of Brazil since 2002. It is highly regarded in Brazil, where its song is often heard in the afternoons, but specially during the nights between August and November, where thousands of them sing until the sunrise, and is often seen as "the spirit of the Brazilian commoner".
Related birds in the genus Turdus
More from the family Turdidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Rufous-bellied thrush sound like?
You can hear 4 recordings of the Rufous-bellied thrush on this page, including its song and turdus rufiventris. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Rufous-bellied thrush endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Rufous-bellied thrush as “least concern”.
What family does the Rufous-bellied thrush belong to?
The Rufous-bellied thrush (Turdus rufiventris) belongs to the family Turdidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Turdus rufiventris by Eurico Zimbres – CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Ezeiza, Ezeiza Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina by Gabriele Magurno – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Salta: Vaqueros, 12 km N Salta, Argentina by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil by maria belotti – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q609283 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Rufous-bellied thrush – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Charles J. Sharp – CC BY-SA 4.0