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Nightingale-thrush (28)
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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1666 W: 111 N: 3531]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (11475) | Yesterday I posted a scene from the cloud forests of Santa Elena Reserve and here is one of its inhabitants, the beautiful and shy Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrush (Catharus fuscater). It is a member of the Turdidae family and is found in montane cloud forest between 800 to 2,000m from Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
Because they only occur in the dark understorey of the cloud forest fill-flash was unfortunately necessary. Their amazingly bright orange legs and bill really stand out in the gloomy understorey. We only saw this species in the Monteverde area, and the best views were certainly at Santa Elena.
This shot doesn’t quite show off their long orange legs so I put another shot in the workshop that emphasises the legs.
Like many thrush species, these guys spend most of their time hopping along the forest floor searching for invertebrates in the moist leaf litter.
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