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Grand Cayman Thrush
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Grand Cayman Thrush
Turdus ravidus
The Grand Cayman thrush (Turdus ravidus) is an extinct bird from the thrush family (Turdidae). It was endemic to the island of Grand Cayman in the Caribbean.
From the article Grand Cayman thrush on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
It was generally ashy grey with a white underbelly. Undertail coverts and the tips of the outer tail feathers were also coloured white. Exposed skin was red on the bill, feet, and around the eye. The wing length was 13.5 centimetres and the length of the tail was 11 centimetres. The bill reached a length of 2.4 centimetres and the legs were about 3.8 centimetres long.
Range & habitat
Its habitat was in the north and north-east of Grand Cayman. It consisted of swamps and mangroves with poisonous manchineel trees (Hippomane mancinella) as well as of areas with knife-edged coral rocks and the climbing cactus (Epiphyllum hookeri).
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 12754.