- Catharus fuscescens
Hylocichla fuscescens
Identification
17–19 cm (6¾-7½ in)
- Upperparts rufous-brown
- White underparts
- Throat and chest buffy, with indistinct reddish brown spots
- Pink legs
- Pale eyering
Sexes similar
Distribution
Canada and the northern United States., wintering in Brazil
Taxonomy
Subspecies
This is a polytypic species consisting of four subspecies[1]:
- C. f. fuliginosus - breeds in south-western Newfoundland to south-central Quebec; winters to South America
- C. f. fuscescens - breeds in eastern Canada and eastern US; winters to Amazonian Brazil
- C. f. salicicola - breeds in western Canada and western US; winters to western Brazil
- C. f. subpallidus - breeds northern Washington to north-eastern Oregon, western Montana and Colorado
Habitat
They breed in thick understorey of damp, dense, deciduous forests.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet consists mostly of invertebrates, sometimes adding small amphibians. With some fruit and berries in the summer.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Allaboutbirds
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2018)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Veery. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Veery
External Links
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