Home Log Out
Birdpedia - Belize         | Home | Birds | Calendar | Reserves | Field Trips | Sightings | Reports | Contacts | [HBW - BirdLife (v3)] 11/05/2024 10:32:31 PM
Species Database
Find
Quick Links
News
 
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] Print... Email... 

 LC    Veery* Id (Atlas):
    Catharus fuscescens

Description (10)
Image of Veery
 

Other Names (World)
Veery, Wilson's Thrush, Tawny Thrush, Willow Thrush

Family
Turdidae (Thrushes)

Size
17 - 19.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Stephens, 1817)

Habitat
Temperate forest. From sea-level - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)
Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada (B), Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, St Pierre and Miquelon (P), Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B), Venezuela.

Vagrant to Bermuda, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Sweden, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands (U.S.).

Population
Estimated population is 14,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (121)...)

 
Veery (Catharus fuscescens) [XC646288]
     by William Whitehead from Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, United States (nocturnal flight call)

 
Veery (Catharus fuscescens) [XC325520]
     by Ross Gallardy from Richfield (near Coloma), Adams County, Wisconsin, United States (song)

Subspecies
Formerly placed in Hylocichla, along with Grey-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus), Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus bicknelli), Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) and Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus).

Proposed subspecies levyi (Alberta east to northern Michigan and Wisconsin) and pulichorum (western Maryland south to northern Georgia) considered inseparable from salicicola and nominate, respectively. Subspecies subpallidus sometimes merged with salicicola.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • salicicola (Ridgway, 1882)   -  South-western and south-central Canada and western USA. Non-breeding Brazil.
  • subpallidus (Burleigh & Duvall, 1959)   -  North-western USA. Non-breeding Brazil.
  • fuscescens (Stephens, 1817)   -  South-eastern Canada and eastern USA. Non-breeding Brazil.
  • fuliginosus (Howe, 1900)   -  Extreme eastern Canada (southern Quebec east to Newfoundland). Non-breeding Brazil.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Veery (Catharus fuscescens) - 10 files


More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the Veery see... Show Articles BirdLife International Species Factsheet.


Articles about the Veery

If you would like to read any articles about the Veery... Show Articles Show Articles (0)


No Pictures of Veery

If Birdpedia has no pictures of Veery or you would like to see more, then try the following...

      Show External Images from BING From BING (5)


No Videos of Veery

If Birdpedia has no videos of Veery or you would like to see more, then try the following..

      Show External Videos From BING (0)


Where can I observe this species?
Select an area (or leave blank) to see locations where this species has been recorded.

Area
  All   

Optional: Complete the following if you wish to restrict the reserve to within a given distance of a location.

Please enter the Latitude and Longitiude of a given location together with the maximum distance (km) to display a list of reserves within that distance. You must enter a Latitude, a Longitude and a distance greater than 0.
 
Latitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)
Deg Min Sec     Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
         or   GPS help
Longitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)
Deg Min Sec     Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
         or   Find GPS using Google Maps
Distance Bearing  
Get Sample GPS readings


On What Field Trips was this species observed?
Select an area (or leave blank), and a date range, to see field trips on which this species has been recorded.

Area
  All   

From To  
 

Optional: Complete the following if you wish to restrict the reserve to within a given distance of a location.

Please enter the Latitude and Longitiude of a given location together with the maximum distance (km) to display a list of reserves within that distance. You must enter a Latitude, a Longitude and a distance greater than 0.
 
Latitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)
Deg Min Sec     Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
         or   GPS help
Longitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)
Deg Min Sec     Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
         or
Distance Bearing  
Get Sample GPS readings


Latest Sightings for Veery
Select the Area to restrict the Sightings.

Area
  All