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Thrushes

25 Bird Species

American Robin

The largest and most familiar thrush across North America, this species is quickly recognized by its slate-gray or brownish-gray upperparts and orange-red breast. The head is blackish, with white crescents around the eyes (occasionally a whitish supercillium), a yellow bill, and a white throat with f more...

Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 36 cm

Aztec Thrush

This boldly patterned thrush is a rare visitor from Mexico. Male: Blackish brown upperparts and upper breast form an extensive hood. Wings show a complex pattern of white and dark, including white tips on the tertials and a white spot at the base of the primaries. A dark band separates the white bell more...

Length: 23 cm Wingspan: 36 cm

Bicknell's Thrush

Nearly identical to Gray-cheeked Thrush, this species is best identified by breeding range and voice. Upperparts are dull brown with contrasting reddish cast to the tail and wings. The face is plain grayish-brown, with an indistinct grayish eye ring and black lines framing the white throat. The breas more...

Length: 16 cm Wingspan: 25 cm

Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush

A relatively small, mostly dark thrush with a conspicuous orange eyering, orange bill and bright orange-yellow legs and feet. Blackish head is darkest on the crown, back and wings are olive-brown. Underparts are ashy-gray, palest on the throat and belly which may be near white. Orange-billed Nighting more...

Length: 16 cm Wingspan: 28 cm

Brown-backed Solitaire

Slender, long-tailed solitaire with gray head, rich brown wings, and gray-brown back. Gray underparts and off-white belly, juveniles with faint streaking on breast and undertail coverts. Prominent white eye-ring. Black lores and mustache. Whitish throat. Black bill. In flight, conspicuous pale wing more...

Length: 21 cm Wingspan: cm

Clay-colored Thrush

Common in Central America, this thrush, formerly called Clay-colored Robin, is a rare visitor to southern Texas in the winter. A few individuals have stayed to breed in recent years. The upperparts are a uniform dull brown. The breast is pale tan, lighter on the belly and undertail regions. The whiti more...

Length: 23 cm Wingspan: 37 cm

Dusky Thrush

This large thrush is a rare visitor from Siberia. Two subspecies have occurred in North America, Dusky and Naumann’s. Dusky male: Upperparts are blackish with pale feather edges. Wings are mostly rufous. A bold white supercillium separates the dark crown and auriculars. The throat and the area bel more...

Length: 23 cm Wingspan: 37 cm

Eastern Bluebird

This is the bluebird species of eastern North America. Range overlaps with Mountain Bluebird in southern Prairie Provinces of Canada, where these two occasionally hybridize. Eastern Bluebird has the shortest primary projection of all the bluebirds. The bill is dark and fairly heavy, with a yellow gap more...

Length: 16 cm Wingspan: 29 cm

Eurasian Blackbird

This black bird is actually a thrush. Adult male: Glossy black plumage. Bright orange bill. Bold orange eye ring and dark eye. Grayish or pinkish legs. Adult Female: Dark sooty-brown head and back, wings blackish and somewhat glossy. Dusky orange and brownish bill, inconspicuous pale orange eye ring. more...

Length: 26 cm Wingspan: 40 cm

Eyebrowed Thrush

This thrush is a rare visitor from Siberia. Male: Upperparts are olive-brown, with contrasting gray on the head and upper breast. The face is prominently marked with a white supercilium, white eye crescents, and a bold black eye line. The bill is yellow at the base with a dark culmen and tip. The sid more...

Length: 20 cm Wingspan: 30 cm

Fieldfare

This large thrush could be mistaken for a juvenile American Robin at first glance. The back and wings are reddish brown, and contrast with the pale gray head and rump. The tail and primaries are blackish. Adults have a pale supercilium and a pale orangish throat breast with dark streaking (rows of s more...

Length: 24 cm Wingspan: 38 cm

Gray-cheeked Thrush

This species is nearly identical to Bicknell’s Thrush, but has a much broader breeding and migratory range. Upperparts are a cold gray-brown or olive-gray. The face is gray with whitish mottling or streaking, and pale gray around the eye. Blackish streaks frame the white throat. Blackish triangular more...

Length: 17 cm Wingspan: 29 cm

Hermit Thrush

This is the only spotted thrush that winters in North America. Many subspecies occur, but all plumages show a reddish tail that contrasts with the rest of the upperparts, a thin white eye ring, a short pale line above the lores, and large oval blackish spots on the white breast. Northern and eastern more...

Length: 17 cm Wingspan: 29 cm

Mountain Bluebird

This species is longer-tailed and longer-winged than other bluebirds, with an extremely long primary projection. The bill is all dark and thin. Males are an intense cerulean blue on the upperparts, paler blue below. The lower belly and undertail coverts are white. Females are pale gray overall, with more...

Length: 16 cm Wingspan: 28 cm

Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush

Small thrush with brownish upper parts and pale pearl gray underparts. Upper breast may show some very diffuse medium-gray spotting. Crown is solid brown, face is gray-brown. Most obvious markings are an orange eye ring and solid orange bill. Brownish back, wings, rump and tail sometimes have reddish more...

Length: 17 cm Wingspan: 28 cm

Redwing

This vagrant from Eurasia is dull gray-brown above, with a buffy supercilium and malar stripe. The underparts are whitish, with fine streaks on the throat, and extensive dark streaking on the breast and flanks. The sides and flanks are washed with reddish orange. The belly is unmarked white. In fligh more...

Length: 20 cm Wingspan: 33 cm

American Robin
42 Photographs
Aztec Thrush
0 Photographs
Bicknell's Thrush
5 Photographs
Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush
0 Photographs
Brown-backed Solitaire
0 Photographs
Clay-colored Thrush
4 Photographs
Dusky Thrush
0 Photographs
Eastern Bluebird
10 Photographs
Eurasian Blackbird
3 Photographs
Eyebrowed Thrush
0 Photographs
Fieldfare
2 Photographs
Gray-cheeked Thrush
6 Photographs
Hermit Thrush
25 Photographs
Mountain Bluebird
8 Photographs
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
0 Photographs
Redwing
4 Photographs

Non-vegetated Areas

0 species

Salt Water

0 species

Human-altered Areas

8 species

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Clay-colored Thrush

Turdus grayi

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Eurasian Blackbird

Turdus merula

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Eastern Deciduous Forest

Redwing

Turdus iliacus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands

Song Thrush

Turdus philomelos

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Boreal Forest

Townsend's Solitaire

Myadestes townsendi

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands

Varied Thrush

Ixoreus naevius

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Western Bluebird

Sialia mexicana

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Fresh Water

0 species

Grassland and Scrubland

10 species

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Aztec Thrush

Ridgwayia pinicola

Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Eastern Bluebird

Sialia sialis

Open Country and Grasslands, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Fieldfare

Turdus pilaris

Open Country and Grasslands, Boreal Forest

Hermit Thrush

Catharus guttatus

Chapparal, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Mountain Bluebird

Sialia currucoides

Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Dry Western Woodlands

Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush

Catharus aurantiirostris

Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Redwing

Turdus iliacus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands

Song Thrush

Turdus philomelos

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Boreal Forest

Western Bluebird

Sialia mexicana

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Forest and Woodlands

23 species