About Turdus assimilis Cabanis, 1850
The white-throated thrush (scientific name Turdus assimilis Cabanis, 1850) measures approximately 23 cm (9.1 in) in length. It has a distinctive black-and-white streaked throat, which is bordered by a solid white crescent. Its breast ranges from light gray to gray-brown, and its back ranges from dark gray to gray-brown. It also has bold yellow eyerings, a yellow bill, and yellow feet. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is common across its native range, and is an extremely rare vagrant to Texas and Arizona; three sightings have been recorded to date: one in 1990 and one in 1998 in Texas, and one in 2019 in Arizona.
