I saw a great thrush on March 17, 2023 in the La Candelaria neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia, near the house of Simon Bolivar, after we'd taken a funicular to the top of Monserrate Hill to see the Monserrate Sanctuary, a Catholic Shrine.
The great thrush is considered the largest thrush in South America. Males can be identified by the orange-red beak and legs and yellow or orange eyering. Females and juveniles lack the orange eyering. The plumage is black-brown, darker on the wings and tail and pale on the belly. Subspecies have differences in coloration. There are seven subspecies, four of which are found in Colombia. I believe I saw ssp. gigas, found in the Andes mountains of Venezuela and Colombia.
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| Illustration of a ssp. ockendeni, a female, found in southeastern Peru. There is no illustration of gigas and I wanted to show the difference between the eyering of a male and female. This female lacks a yellow eyering. |
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| Illustration of ssp. ockendeni, a male, showing a yellow eyering. |
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| Range from Birds of the World. |
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