Olive Thrush
Turdus olivaceus
Montane forests and gardens. Dark, olive-brown above; throat speckled black on white; underparts orange (highveld race with brown breast); vent white or dusky; bill and legs orange-yellow.
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Common resident. Similar to recently split [Karoo Thrush], from which told by more orange underparts, speckled throat, dark wedge on culmen, brown eye-ring and white vent. From the ground calls a thin ‘wheet’; from a tree during summer has a variety of loud, pleasant songs. Display behaviour similar to that of (Karoo Thrush). Occurs singly or in pairs in both high and low-altitude evergreen forests and riverine woodland. Generally more secretive and less common than Karoo Thrush.
Quick Facts
Size
24 cm - M
Names
A: Olyflyster
Z: umunswili
Ss: Setsipitsipi-Sa-Bokone
G: Kapdrossel, Kapamsel
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
Occurs singly or in pairs in both high and low-altitude evergreen 'forest's and riverine woodland.
