Brown Thrushes and Nightingale-Thrushes
Catharus
Catharus is a genus of birds in the thrush family Turdidae. It contains the small, mostly insectivorous or omnivorous migrant thrushes of North America and the nightingale-thrushes of Central and South America. Its closest relative is the wood thrush of the monotypic genus Hylocichla, which is sometimes merged into Catharus.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 13 known species
Hermit Thrush
speciesCatharus guttatus
Swainson's Thrush
speciesCatharus ustulatus
Veery
speciesCatharus fuscescens
Gray-cheeked Thrush
speciesCatharus minimus
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
speciesCatharus aurantiirostris
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush
speciesCatharus frantzii
Russet Nightingale-Thrush
speciesCatharus occidentalis
Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush
speciesCatharus gracilirostris
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush
speciesCatharus fuscater
Bicknell's Thrush
speciesCatharus bicknelli
Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush
speciesCatharus mexicanus
Speckled nightingale-thrush
speciesCatharus maculatus
Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush
speciesCatharus dryas
Catharus bicknelli × fuscescens
hybridCatharus bicknelli × fuscescens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 12875.