Another highland endemic from the Salamanca Mountain Range in Central America: male Sooty thrush (Turdus nigrescens). This black male is quite similar i appearance to the European blackbird (Turdus merula).

High-elevation thrush species are often dark or black, which presumably provides some thermal advantages in these cold environments.

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