Geographic
range: Neotropical: From Mexico to Ecuador. In Mexico on
both slopes from S Sonora and S Tamaulipasn south. In interior from
central Mexico south. Not present on large portion of Yucatan peninsula.
Physical characteristics: Two
groups described:
1. Assimilis
- NE Mexico and Pacific slope - head and upper parts gray brown
to brown.
2. Leucauchen
- SE Mexico - head and upper parts dark gray to black.
Both groups - underparts paler, throat whitish streaked brown.
Bill and orbital ring yellowish.
Food habits: Mostly fruit and insects.
Reproduction: Nest built as a cup
of mostly vegetable matter. Eggs are whitish to pale blue, marked
with brown and gray.
Behavior: Rarely on the ground
Habitat: Coniferous forest, deciduous, semideciduous, evergreen
forest, plantations. |
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