Birds of Ecuador - Catharus


Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus fuscater) Reserva Santa Helena, Costa Rica
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Speckled Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus maculatus maculatus) Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha province, Ecuador
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

Once called the Spotted Nightingale-Thrush, and then Gould's Nightingale-Thrush.


Grey-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant. Note partial eye-ring vs. the much more common Swainson's Thrush.
Note white and not buff throat seen on [Swainson's Thrush].


Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) Zafra Reserva Natural, Antioquia, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant. Note full eye-ring vs. the much less common Grey-cheeked Thrush. Found on forest floor as well as the canopy.
From front showing spots.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba