Birds of the World


Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris phaeopleurus) Range: MA, SA: nw Mexico to n Colombia and c Venezuela Sabaneta, Antioquia, Colombia Grey-headed race from southwest Costa Rica to north Colombia.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris) Range: MA, SA: nw Mexico to n Colombia and c Venezuela Jardin Botanico Lankaster, Paraiso, Cartago, Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris aurantiirostris) Range: MA, SA: nw Mexico to n Colombia and c Venezuela Ocaña, Norte de Santander, Colombia
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Stays deep in dense brush. May be found in small forest fragments (in cities for example).


Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus bicknelli) Vulnerable Range: NA: ne USA and se Canada Franklin County, Maine, United States
Photograph by Alan Schmierer Image has been placed in the Public Domain.

A rare thrush that migrates from northeast United States and Canada to the Caribbean.


Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus dryas ovandensis) Range: MA: s Mexico to nw Nicaragua El Triunfo, Chiapas, Mexico
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Split from the Spotted Nightingale-Thrush.


Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus frantzii frantzii) Range: MA: s Mexico to Panama Poas Volcano Lodge, Costa Rica
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Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus fuscater) Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to n Bolivia Reserva Santa Helena, Costa Rica
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Veery (Catharus fuscescens) Range: NA: widespread Birch State Park, Florida, United States
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Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus gracilirostris accentor) Range: MA: Costa Rica and Panama Guadalupe, Panama
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Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) Range: NA: widespread Moxviquil, Chiapas, Mexico Note heavy spotting only on chest compared to Wood Thrush.
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.

Compare to Swainson's Thrush but note back is more reddish, less olive, and back of tail is rufous.


Speckled Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus maculatus maculatus) Range: SA: e Colombia to n Argentina 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.


Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus mexicanus carrikeri) Range: MA: ec Mexico to Panama Canopy San Luis, Los Angeles de San Ramon, Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Grey-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) Range: PAL, NA: ne Siberia and n North America Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA
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Russet Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus occidentalis) Range: MA: Mexico Reserva Chara Pinta, Sinaloa, Mexico
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Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) Range: NA: widespread Zafra Reserva Natural, Antioquia, Colombia
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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.