(Catharus guttatus)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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NatureServe | N5 - Secure SNRB - Unranked Breeding |
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Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Upperparts are grayish-brown, tail is distinctly reddish-brown. |
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Size |
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6½″ to 7″ in length 10½″ wingspan |
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Voice |
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Habitat |
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Coniferous, mixed, and deciduous open forests and internal forest edges. |
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Biology |
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Migration |
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Mid-March to late May and early September to mid-October |
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Nesting |
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Food |
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Insects in summer, berries and fruit in winter |
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Distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Common migrant and breeder |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Passeriformes (perching birds) | ||
Family |
Turdidae (thrushes) | ||
Genus |
Catharus (brown thrushes and nightingale-thrushes) | ||
Subordinate Taxa |
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Alaska Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus guttatus) Dwarf Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus nanus) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus slevini) Mono Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus polionotus) Newfoundland Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus crymophilus) Northern Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus faxoni) Rockies Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus auduboni) Sierra Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus sequoiensis) |
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Laurie Wachholz |
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Hermit Thrush WIld Bird Video Productions |
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Uploaded on Apr 20, 2011 Hermit thrush singing in Maine. © 2011 Garth McElroy |
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Hermit Thrush birdbeaverman's channel |
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Uploaded on Jan 20, 2009 The Hermit Thrush arrives at the nature sanctuary in the spring, hunts on the ground for insects, and finally sings its haunting song in the upland forest. This video was taken From Spring Farm CARES Nature Sanctuary's Living Portrait series. |
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Chant de la grive solitaire ( Catharus guttatus ) chamane222 |
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Uploaded on Jul 2, 2011 Enregistré au Parc Frontenac juin 2011 par André Brazeau. Un des plus beaux chants de la forêt ..., |
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Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) tomb0171 |
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Uploaded on Jan 26, 2010 Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) * Family: Turdidae, * Genus: Catharus, * Species: C. guttatus, * Type: Bird, * Diet: Omnivore, * Size: 6.5 - 7.5 " * Life span in the wild: up to 7 years, * Weight:9-10 grams, * Habitat: Nests in dense coniferous or mixed woodlands and their edges; edges of interior forest clearings such as ponds, logging roads, and utility Hermit Thrush. ** Hermit Thrushes migrate to wintering grounds in the southern United States and south to Central America. Although they usually only breed in forests, Hermit Thrushes will sometimes winter in parks and wooded suburban neighborhoods. They are very rare vagrants to western Europe. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermit_Thrush or http://www.nenature.com/HermitThrush.htm |
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Hermit Thrush (Muscicapidae: Catharus guttatus) Foraging Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Apr 23, 2011 Note the leg-jiggling behavior in this foraging specimen. Photographed at Grand Forks, North Dakota (23 April 2010). |
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Diane Muckenhirn 5/19/2023 |
Location: Hutchinson, Mn |
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