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Clay-colored Robin

Turdus grayiOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Thrushes (Turdidae)
Clay-colored Robin Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Reddish orange.
  • Head Pattern: Plain, Streaked
  • Crown Color: Olive-brown
  • Forehead Color: Olive-brown
  • Nape Color: Olive-brown
  • Throat Color: Buff with olive streaking.
  • Cere color: No Data
Clay-colored Robin Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 23 cm (9 in)
  • Weight: 74 g (2.6 oz)
  • Size: Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color Primary: Brown, Buff
  • Underparts: Pale Buff
  • Upperparts: Olive-brown
  • Back Pattern: No Data
  • Belly Pattern: No Data
  • Breast Pattern: No Data
Clay-colored Robin Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.
  • Wingspan Range: 37 cm (14.75 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Olive-brown
  • Under Tail: Pale Buff
  • Leg Color: Gray-lack
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Family
Species Turdus grayi
Length9 Inches
Wingspan14.75 Inches

Clay-colored Robin

Clay-colored Robin: Large thrush with olive-brown upperparts, buff throat has faint brown streaks, and pale brown underparts. Bill is yellow-green and black-tipped. The legs and feet are gray-black. Direct, swift flight on rapidly beating wings. It is the national bird of Costa Rica.

● Song: "cheerily-cheer-up-cheerio"

● Foraging & Feeding: Clay-colored Robin: Eats insects, caterpillars, and some berries and fruits; occasionally takes snails, small amphibians, and reptiles. Hops and runs on the ground while foraging, pushing litter aside with its bill; also gleans food from branches and foliage low in trees.

● Breeding & nesting: Clay-colored Robin: Two to four pale blue eggs dotted with brown, gray, and red are laid in a cup nest made of mud, grass, and twigs, and built low in a tree or shrub. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Clay-colored Robin: American Robin has red-brown breast, white belly, gray-brown upperparts, white throat, and yellow bill.

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.
Clay-colored Robin Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Clay-colored Robin: Resident from eastern Mexico to Columbia; occurs casually in lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. Inhabits open or semi-open areas; also forest edges, gardens, suburban lots.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationRare
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight2.6 Ounces