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The pale-breasted thrush (''Turdus leucomelas'') is a species of 
In appearance it is similar to the
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in the family Turdidae
The thrushes are a passerine bird family, Turdidae, with a worldwide distribution. The family was once much larger before biologists reclassified the former subfamily Saxicolinae, which includes the chats and European robins, as Old World flycat ...
.
It is found in a wide range of wooded habitats in eastern and northern South America
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, from Brazil
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, Colombia
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to Uruguay
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, with localized population in the west.
This bird seems to have adapted to humans and is very common in human inhabited parts of its range, often nesting in garden shrubs and small trees. In Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...
it is locally known as "Boontjedief," which means "bean thief" in Suriname Dutch, presumably based on its habit of picking off legumes left out to dry in the sun. In proper Dutch it is called "Vaalborstlijster." It is also known as "Bonka" in Sranan tongo.
In appearance it is similar to the American robin
The American robin (''Turdus migratorius'') is a migratory bird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family. It is named after the European robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closel ...
in size and shape, but it lacks the red chest and is more uniformly brown. Its song and feeding habits are also very similar to its distant cousin. In most of its range, it is more likely to be confused with the creamy-bellied thrush
The creamy-bellied thrush (''Turdus amaurochalinus'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It occurs in a wide range of wooded habitats in a large part of central and eastern South America. It is generally common, even in human altered ha ...
. Unlike the creamy-bellied thrush, the pale-breasted thrush has a clear contrast between the head and mantle, and it lacks blackish lore
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* Loré, former French commune
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s.
It eats mostly fruits, but also worms, insects and lizards.
References
* Birds of Suriname, François Haverschmidt, G.F.Mees, 1994 VACO N.V. P.O.Box 1841, Paramaribo, Suriname pale-breasted thrush Birds of Colombia Birds of Venezuela Birds of the Guianas Birds of Brazil Birds of Paraguay pale-breasted thrush Taxa named by Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot Birds of the Amazon rainforest Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Turdidae-stub