Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush

Catharus fuscater

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Turdidae
Genus
Catharus
eBird Code
sbnthr1

Vocalizations

keesgroenendijk · CC_BY_4_0
keesgroenendijk · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (7)

  • Catharus fuscater caniceps

    northwestern and central Peru

  • Catharus fuscater fuscater

    eastern Panama eastward to western Venezuela and southward to western Ecuador

  • Catharus fuscater hellmayri

    mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama (Chiriquí and Veraguas)

  • Catharus fuscater mentalis

    Andes of far southeastern Peru (Puno) and northwestern Bolivia (La Paz)

  • Catharus fuscater mirabilis

    far eastern Panama (Mount Pirre)

  • Catharus fuscater opertaneus

    western Andes of Colombia (Antioquia)

  • Catharus fuscater sanctaemartae

    Santa Marta Mountains (northeastern Colombia)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.