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The Hermit Thrush is a medium sized North American thrush. The species name, guttarus is Latin for spotted, thought, this species had been given about 17 additional species and subspecies names but are all treated now as synonyms.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passerifomes
Family:
Turdidae
Genus:
Catharus
Species:
C. guttauts
Common Name:
Hermit Thrush
Conservation Status:
LC
Subspecies:
Description
Length:
6 to 7.1 inches
Wingspan:
9.8 to 12 inches
Male and Female:
Dark gray-brown to olive-brown back, bright reddish rump and tail. Under parts are pail with spotted chest. Face is lighter with complete thin white eye ring and stripped bib.
These thrush have pink legs and whit eye rings. Birds in the east are more olive-brown on the upper part. Western birds are more grey-brown.
Habitat:
Numerous in underbrush of mixed and coniferous forest.
Range:
Year-round:
Continentally widespread year round.
Breeding:
Summers and nest in Rocky and Appalachian mountains New England, and migrates over the interior.
Breeding is in the northern extent of their range throughout western USA, across southern CAN and northwest to Alaska.
Wintering (non-breeding):
Winters in south and on both coasts,
West coast of WA, OR, CA, all of Baja CA, all of MEX except the Transcontiental Volcanic Mountains and Coastal Yucatan and all further southward.
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