Vagrant: widely in Europe casual to Jamaica and Hispaniola. Winter: mainly lower 48 and Mexico also southernmost Ontario and British Columbia, Bahamas (rare), northern Guatemala. Strong facultative aspect (particularly in East) in fall, so variable timing departs southern Canada ☒0 October. Departs northerly winter-only areas by ☑0 April arrival northern Great Lakes ☒0 March central Alaska ☑ May. Migration: short to medium-distance migrant. Breeding: wide variety of wooded or shrubby habitats with open areas. Song: clear, whistled phrases of 2 or 3 syllables cheerily cheery cheerily cheery, with pauses lacks the burry quality of many tanagers pheucticus grosbeaks typically have different tempo.Ĭommon and widespread. Flight note: very high, trilled, descending sreeel. VoiceĬall: variable low, mellow single pup doubled or trebled chok or tut shriller and sharper kli ki ki ki ki high and descending, harsh sheerr. Juveniles possibly confused with spotted thrushes. Widespread taiga and northeastern migratorius described north Pacific coastal caurinus and widespread western propinquus (larger, paler) with white tail corners small or lacking Canadian maritime nigrideus dark brownish to blackish above, underparts deep rufous, medium-size tail corners southeast United States achrusterus smaller, upperparts browner, smaller tail corners.ĭuller females possibly mistaken for the eyebrowed thrush. Wing linings color of underparts remiges blackish. Flight: quick, flicking wingbeats followed by short, closed-wing glides. Older immatures not distinguishable from adults small percentage retain a few juvenal wing coverts or other feathers. Juvenile: spotted dark on underparts whitish on upperparts and wing coverts. Bill color yellow with variable, season-dependent, black tip. Upperparts medium gray tail blackish, with white corners. Throat streaked black and white belly and undertail coverts white. Males tend to be darker, females grayer, but overlap makes determining sex of many problematic. Underparts vary, often in tandem with head color, from deep, rich reddish maroon to gray-scalloped, peachy orange. Adult: depending on sex and subspecies, head, with white eye arcs, varies from jet black to gray, with white supercilia and throat, blackish lores and lateral throat stripe. Forages on lawns and other areas of short vegetation for earthworms and other invertebrates in a run-and-stop pattern typical of terrestrial thrushes. Length 10".Ī distinctive, potbellied bird. This species’ often confiding nature, distinctive plumage, pleasing song, and acceptance of human-dominated habitats make it one of the most beloved of North American birds.
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