Gray-cheeked Thrush
(Catharus minimus)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Description |
Gray-cheeked Thrush is a plump, medium-sized thrush. It is a long-distance migrant, breeding in far northern Canada and wintering in South America. It migrates through Minnesota in early May to early June and late August to mid-October. It is the least known of the thrushes due to its remote breeding range. Adults are 7″ to 8″ in length and have a 13″ wingspan. The head, upperparts, and tail are grayish-brown. The face is entirely gray with no buff coloration. There is an inconspicuous, partial, pale eye ring that may not always be visible. The flanks are light grayish-brown and the underparts are white. The breast is heavily spotted. |
Size |
7″ to 8″ in length 13″ wingspan |
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Habitat |
Migration: Forests, forest borders, open woodlands, parks, and suburbs |
Ecology |
Migration |
Early May to early June and late August to mid-October |
Nesting |
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Food |
Insects, insect larvae, and berries |
Distribution |
Occurrence |
Uncommon migrant, occasionally locally common migrant |
Maps |
The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
Taxonomy |
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Class |
Aves (birds) |
Order |
Passeriformes (perching birds) |
Family |
Turdidae (thrushes) |
Genus |
Catharus (brown thrushes and nightingale-thrushes) |
Subordinate Taxa |
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Northern Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus minimus) Western Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus aliciae) |
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Synonyms |
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Hylocichla aliciae |
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GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH Catharus minimus |
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Jun 12, 2016 Catharus minimus = GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH at Montrose Point, Chicago, May 2016. photo gallery at http://theearlybirder.com/thrushes/gc-thrush/index.htm |
Gray-cheeked Thrush (Muscicapidae: Catharus minmus) |
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May 14, 2012 Photographed at the Turtle River State Park, North Dakota (13 May 2012). |
Grey-cheeked Thrush |
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Jul 5, 2018 Grey-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) at Old Cut, Long Point, Ontario, Canada, on 9th May 2018. Filmed with a Nikon CoolPixP900. For more information about this species see the following links https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gray-cheeked_Thrush http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/grey-cheeked-thrush-catharus-minimus/distribution |
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Location: Becker County |
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