Here are three sets of shots of Austral Thrushes I rediscovered a few days ago while rummaging through images from a 2013 trip to South America. I love his bright yellow beak.

Visually and technically these aren’t great, which is probably why I quickly passed over them in favor of the Magellanic Woodpeckers I snapped on that same day on a hike along the Fitz Roy Trail near El Chalten in Argentine Patagonia. I’m on a mission at the moment, scouring hard drives for bird images to pad out my own stock collection, so was delighted to be reintroduced to these three shots. From the time stamps I see that I didn’t spend too much time trying to, or waiting to get a better position since I also spotted a Crested Caracara at almost the same time. To this Turdus falcklandii, my heartfelt apologies.

Austral Thrushes are common in the region, found throughout South America but primarily at home on both sides of the Andes, in Argentine and Chilean Patagonia.

This second set was taken near Villa Cerro Castillo, in the Aysén Region of Southern Chile.

And another much heftier one from a different hike from El Chalten.

For the Austral Thrush-curious, Some related links for future reference or further exploration:

• Austral Thrush profile at Cornell Lab of Ornithology Birds of the World platform
• Austral Thrush status update from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species (least concern 2024)
• Austral Thrush at Avibase
• Austral Thrush on Wikipedia
• Austral Thrush profile from BirdLife DataZone
• Austral Thrush profile from Oiseaux.net
• A selection of Austral Thrush photos, videos, and call and song recordings from eBird.

Photos taken on 11 February 2013 (top set and main image), 13 February 2013 (final solo images) and on 22 February 2023 (second set); post last updated on 1 Aug 2025.