Rufous-bellied Thrush

24.5 cm. Olive gray-brown above. Throat streaked black on white background. Breast brownish turning into light rufous on belly and crissum. <NThe female is somewhat paler than the male. <NJuveniles are grayish-brown above, somewhat spotted. Throat white with brown spots. Breast brownish, heavily spotted darker. Belly light orange with black spots. Bill pale olive-yellow. Yellow eye ring. A variety of surprisingly different calls | a low sounding "wje" vocalization 1 or"we vocalization 3 and 4 , a rising slurred "dui-ip" vocalization 6 , a miauing "wi-ui" vocalization 5 , a "dji dji dui" vocalization 4 . Alarm note is a high "tsri . Song delivered mostly early in the morning and late afternoon from a hidden location in the top of a tree is loud and melodic with repeated strophes which are characteristic for one particular individual vocalization 2 . Forages on the ground beneath vegetation, visits fruit trees. Relatively shy and retiring. Breeds in Southeast Brazil from August to January. Common in open country, gardens, parks and forest edge. Sea level to 2000 meters Throughout. 10514 Ubatuba, 10<10>30<10>93, Sunny, 28<91>C. Open forest near brook: 9848 Song, Ubatuba 30<91>C, 10<10>30<10>93. Open forest.: 4183 Call. Fazenda Intervales, 11<10>29<10>97. Sunny, 27<91>C. Primary forest. With /Chiroxiphia caudata .: 11374 Call. Fazenda Intervales, 11<10>29<10>97. Sunny, 27<91>C. Secondary forest.: 16300 Call. 10<10>16<10>99, Pereque, near Angra dos Reis. Sunny, 30<91>C. Open woodland. With /Ramphocelus bresilius .: 7973 Call. 10<10>23<10>99, Serra da Mantiqueira, Agulhas Negras road. Clear, cool, 20<91>C. Montane scrub. With /Stephanophorus diadematus .: 11639 >: 6352 :