Grey-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)

Other Names (World)
Grey-cheeked Thrush, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Small Thrush

Family
Turdidae (Thrushes)

Size
16 - 19.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye, 1848)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, boreal forest and shrubland. From sea-level - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Aruba, Belize (P), Bermuda, Brazil, Canada (B), Colombia, Costa Rica (NB), Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua (P), Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Russia (Asian), St Lucia, St Pierre and Miquelon (B) (P), Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, USA (B), Venezuela.

Vagrant to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, France, Germany, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Martinique, Montserrat, Norway, Portugal, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and The Grenadines, United Kingdom.

Unknown to Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (U.S.).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 12,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (149)...)

Grey-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) [XC169005]
by Dan Lane from , Canada (song)

Grey-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) [XC356190]
by Bates Estabrooks from Nome, Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States (song)

Subspecies
Catharus minimus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Grey-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) and Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus bicknelli) following AOU (1998).

Formerly placed in Hylocichla, along with Veery (Catharus fuscescens), Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus bicknelli), Russet-backed Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) and Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus). Until recently treated as conspecific with Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus bicknelli), and vocal, morphological and even biochemical differences very subtle, but seemingly parapatric breeding and probably discrete winter distributions suggest species-level separation just tenable. Nonetheless, intermediates between the two taxa �occur, and Newfoundland population of present species approaches Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus bicknelli) in size and coloration. Range of nominate debatable.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

aliciae (Baird, SF, 1858) - Extreme north-eastern Siberia, Alaska and Canada. Non-breeding mainly northern South America east of Andes.
minimus (Lafresnaye, 1848) - Eastern Canada (Newfoundland, possibly also northern Quebec). Non-breeding northern South America east of Andes.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Grey-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) - 10 files

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