The Story
I photographed this Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis) at the Hotel Campestre Resguardos de Paz, near El Paujil, Caquetá, Colombia, in February 2020. It lives in semi-open country, from forest edges and gallery forest to shade coffee, brushy pastures, parks and gardens. Its widespread subspecies debilis ranges from the Venezuelan Andes across eastern Colombia to Bolivia and Amazonian Brazil. It eats berries, seeds, insects and worms. Males and females look alike, olive-brown with a streaked off-white throat and a black bill. IUCN lists it as Least Concern, with a stable population.
I made this frame with a Pentax K-1 and the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6, at 1/800 sec, f/5.6, ISO 6400. It is considered common in Colombia, fairly common in Ecuador and Peru, and common to frequent in Brazil.
©2020 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis) belongs to the family Turdidae (Thrushes and Allies) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2025), with the population trend listed as stable. Source: IUCN Red List