White-eyed Thrush Turdus jamaicensis Scientific name definitions

The White-eyed Thrush is a common and distinctive thrush of montane and lowland forests and disturbed areas on the island of Jamaica. The body is gray overall, with darker upperparts than underparts. The head is chocolate brown, and the throat has white streaks on a brown background, bordered below by a white patch. The eye is white.

23–24 cm; 59 g. Plumage is slate-grey from mantle to tail, pale grey-brown below ; dark chestnut-brown head , white eye ; white chin and throat streaked chestnut-brown, joining small white crescent on upper breast, white vent ; bill and legs blackish. Sexes similar. Juvenile is like adult, but with heavy breast streaking.

Jamaica.

Song a series of repeated, musical phrases, including whistled “hee-haw”, resembling that of Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) but louder and less variable. Calls harsh and shrill.