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.
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.
Habitatedit
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).
^BirdLife International (2018). "Turdus ravidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22708835A129654803. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22708835A129654803.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Johnston, David W. (April 1969). (PDF). The Condor. 71 (2): 120–128. doi:10.2307/1366073. JSTOR 1366073. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
Cory, C. B. 1886a. Descriptions of thirteen new species of birds from the island of Grand Cayman. Auk 3:497-501.
Bond, James (1956): Checklist of the Birds of the West Indies
Flannery, Tim & Schouten, Peter (2001): A Gap in Nature
January 01, 1970
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