Wood thrush Hylocichla mustelina
Identification Tips:
Length: 7 inches
Rusty crown, nape and upper back
White eye ring and streaked cheeks
White underparts with black spots throughout
Brown upperparts
Pink legs
Sexes similar ...
Wood Thrush
WOOD THRUSH
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Wood Thrush
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Wood Thrush Behaviour
No observations regarding Wood Thrush behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Wood Thrushes ...
Wood Thrushes forage primarily on the ground, eating a wide variety of invertebrates including beetles, ants, moths, caterpillars, millipedes, and isopods. Birds also feed upon fruits and berries.
Wood Thrush
(Hylocichla mustelina)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1992 to 1996: Confirmed
1997 to 2001: Confirmed
2002 to 2006: Likely but not confirmed ...
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin)
Status Rare vagrant. One breeding record. Reports of the Wood Thrush in the nineteenth-century literature seem to represent confusion with the Veery.
Wood Thrush: Hylocichla mustelina
Appearance:
The wood thrush is large and plump, reddish-brown above and whitish below, with large dark spots on its throat, breast and sides. It has a bold, white eye ring and its tail is short.
Wood Thrush
Perhaps the most famous reference to the Wood Thrush is this one from the writings of Henry David Thoreau: ...
Wood Thrush
Adult
Rusty brown upperparts, brighter around head and nape
White below with bold black spotting on breast and flanks
© Birdfreak.com, Argyle, Illinois, May 2008 ...
Wood Thrush
The wood thrush might not have bright colors, but it's definitely a bird you want in your backyard. Learn how to attract the wood thrush to your yard, and listen to its song.
Yellow Warbler ...
Wood Thrush habitat is limited to deciduous or mixed forest interiors, and occasionally forest edges. This species primarily forages on the ground in the soil for insect larvae and other invertebrates. In the winter the Wood Thrush eats more fruit.
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina (scientific)
Herring Gull
Horseshoe Crab
Limulus polyphemus (scientific)
Horseshoe crabs spend most of their life out in the ocean.
Wood Thrush
Spring Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Eastern Towhee
Spring Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
- Wood Thrushes
- Yellow-eyed or Bare-eyed Thrushes
- Yemen Thrush (Turdus menachensis): The Yemen Thrush is a Middle Eastern member of the thrush family Turdidae.
Similar Species: Wood Thrush, Hermit Thrush
South Dakota "Hotspot": Veeries are common summer breeders in Spearfish Canyon in the Black Hills.
Brown Thrasher could be confused with Wood Thrush. Thrushes have spots not streaks on the breast and brown eyes (yellow for Brown Thrasher). The Brown Thrasher's long decurved bill also distinguishes it from any of the thrushes.
Its easy for cowbirds to detect nests in that kind of situation, and that has been devastating to some bird populations, such as wood thrushes, but a boon to cowbird populations.
The Nightingale-thrushes are mostly insectivorous or omnivorous thrushes of The Americas. Their eyes seem large compared with the rest of their small body.Their closest relative is the Wood Thrush.
Genus Catharus ...
The bill is curved. This bird is retiring and secretive and is the only thrasher east of the Rockies and central Texas. It is often confused with the Wood Thrush, which has a spotted breast, shorter tail and dark eyes.
Among the oscines are such superior singers as the southern mockingbird, the hermit and wood thrushes, the purple and house finches, the canyon wren, and the European skylark and nightingale.
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY, 30 Apr
American Robin Turdus migratorius: Yorba Linda, CA, 01 Jan
Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius: Central Park, Manhattan, NY, 11 Jan ...
 See also: Hermit Thrush, Veery, Robin, Cowbird, Bluebird
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