Turdus olivaceus
Olive Thrushes are usually seen singly or in pairs, searching for worms, insects and other invertebrates (and occasionally fruit) on the floor of indigenous woodlands and forests and increasingly in well-planted parks and gardens. Adults weigh around 65g and measure about 23cm in length.
Olive Thrushes breed throughout the year, though there appears to be a peak in nesting during spring and early summer. Pairs are monogamous and territorial. Females build cup-shaped nests high up in trees and shrubs and incubate the clutch of 1-3 eggs over a two week period. The chicks grow quickly and leave the nest when they’re around 16 days old, but they will remain with their parents for up to two months.
Olive Thrushes occur patchily in Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lesotho and South Africa (Western Cape to escarpment of Mpumalanga and Limpopo). The IUCN regards it to be of least concern. The Karoo Thrush was previously considered to be a subspecies of the Olive Thrush and it is possible that the two species may interbreed on occasion.
DeWetsWild 
Another favourite garden bird!
They must be regulars in yours, Carol?
Yes they are – outnumber and out-muscle the Kurrichanes!
Hulle is hierrond vir ons ook!
Julle is gelukkig om soveel voels op die landgoed te he, Tina!
Ja hier is min natuurlike vyande Nou die dag vlieg ‘n valkie verby, maar jy moes sien hoe skarrel al wat ‘n voëltjie is. Was net Woessshhhh en toe doodstil
Is dit nie wonderlik dat ons in n land bly waar mens sommer in jou tuin sulke goed kan sien nie!?
Hulle is sulke kordaat voëltjies…ek hou van hul karakter. Pragtige foto’s, Dries!
En ook van die eerstes om mens in die oggend wakker te sing!
Hulle gaan slaap ook die laaste van almal!🤣
Lang dag vir n lyster…
Gaan dit beter met jou?
Dankie vir die omgee, Dina, ek waardeer dit regtig. Ek kry nou behandeling vir 1 probleem, n tweede gaan ons vir nou net dophou en hoop kom self reg en n derde gaan dalk n operasie kort om aan te spreek sodra die eerste probleem uitsorteer is. Ek het nooit geweet om 40 te wees gaan met soveel rickmarole saam nie… Maar minstens weet ek nou ons kan maar met n geruste hart weer plek bespreek vir weggaan, so ja, dit gaan beter dankie!
Ek is bly om te hoor! Onthou die lewe begin by 40!🤣🤣Vandaar af gaan dit net beter en beter.
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Hou van hulle. Hier in Mosambiek het ons nou weer die Rooibeklyster of Kurrichane Thrush.
Mens moet nogal jou storie ken om die verskillende lysters uitmekaar te ken, veral die Rooibek-, Geelbek en Olyflysters!
Is nogal so! Seker die dat die laaste twee eers later apart geklassifiseer is!
H.J. beat me to it in saying they look much like robins here. Ah, well, great minds and all that. 🙂 Have a good weekend.
janet
Glad we could introduce you to their African relatives then, Janet! And wishing you a blessedly restful weekend as well!
Beautiful birds. I have similar birds in my garden.
I trust they bring you much joy, Miriam?
Yes, I love watching and feeding birds. Thank you!
Olive Thrushes in our garden regularly eat apples, love cheese on the rare occasions I put it out and are very good at cleaning gutters of leaves! They are so vigorous in their foraging that leaves get tossed out of the gutters at a rapid speed 🙂
Now that is a brilliant example of a perfectly symbiotic relationship, Anne – For the price of a few overripe fruit you have the cleanest gutters in town!
Pretty and interesting bird!
Always a treat to see them going about their business, Montucky!
Looks very much like the American Robin (Turdus Migratorius) 🙂
Close relatives indeed, H.J., being from the same genus