Karoo Thrush
Turdus smithi
Highveld and scrubland. Dark grey-brown except for orange underbelly, orange-yellow legs and bill.
Chats, Robins, Thrushes
LC
Endemic
Description
Common endemic resident. Previously regarded as a race of [Olive Thrush], but is much duller. Throat-spotting absent or vestigial, underparts drab grey-brown (with only under-belly orange), vent greyish (occasionally white); bill and legs orange-yellow, and eye-ring orange (not brown). Common in the Karoo and very common in highveld regions, where it frequents parks and gardens. Males display with drooping wings and splayed tail dragging on the ground.
Quick Facts
Size
24 cm - M
Names
A: Geelbeklyster
Ss: Setsipitsipi-Sa-Moru
Bird Family
Largely terrestrial, insectivorous or frugivorous birds that sing from trees, some robins rating as among our finest songsters. The sexes are alike unless otherwise stated, while immatures usually have the feathers of the upperparts pale-edged, the underparts spotted.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Common in the Karoo and very common in highveld regions, where it frequents parks and gardens.
