The grey-tailed shrike-thrush is a medium-sized bird from the cotinga family. It lives in the mountain forests of South America and feeds on fruits and insects.
The grey-tailed shrike-thrush differs from related species by its uniform grey tail coloration. It is important for the forest because it disperses seeds of fruit-bearing plants.
Collects fruits while sitting on branches and catches insects in short flights.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Tropical moist forest
Worker
Elders
Bro
birth time
Taxons
seeds, berries, fruits
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Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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Foraging takes place among trees and woody vegetation.
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age
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
birth date
Palearctic realm
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very hot and very humid all year round, rain almost every day
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South and Central America, hot and humid, huge forests
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Neotropical realm
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
adult
Maturity
primary food sources
Neotropical realm
South and Central America, hot and humid, huge forests
insects
Potential Habitat
About health
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Repro interval
results
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
aerial
Colors
Sex
{name} birthday
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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Always hot
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Trophic type
Filters
On the map
all life stages
Female ♀
Body color
always hot and humid, huge trees and vines
Upcoming birthdays
Breeding structure built or used for laying eggs and raising offspring.
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
birth year
Maturity
rains almost always, very humid
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
montane
Age (from birth to death)
sq mm
yr
Beak color
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Wanderers
Feeding occurs in open air space above ground or water.
How similar?
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Male ♂
until the celebration
baby / chick
hawking
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Neither
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
fruits
from birth to adulthood
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
nest
Lifespan average
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
young after fast growth
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
Juvenile stage following larval metamorphosis but not yet adult.
Plumage color
forests on land — tropical, temperate, boreal
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
branch
Wings color
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
Share
Duration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
live insects
Always hot and wet
This is me
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
Always very wet
Gamers
flight
65 to 130 grams, 25 – 60 centimeters
Pets
How are they built?
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
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My age?
wk
My size?
terrestrial
Feeding occurs primarily on land or in vegetation.
{name} jubilee
Asexual
swap
cm
Old-timers
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active predation
Captures prey or food items while in active flight.
turns
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Rascals
Where do they take shelter?
Warm summer and lots of rain
terrestrial forest
Tail color
celebrated their {n} birthday
insect
fruit
Forages on tree limbs or woody stems within vegetation.
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
very hot all year round, frequent rains, but sometimes dry
Litter size
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
Capturing or collecting food while airborne.
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Where are they found?
embryo
Carrot
Length
kg
lots of rain, warm and pleasant summer
arboreal
Observations
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