Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) [XC414913]
by Bruce Lagerquist from Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington, United States (song)
Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) [XC182405]
by Nick Komar from Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (near Ucluelet), Alberni-Clayoquot, British Columbia, Canada (song)
Subspecies
Geographical variation slight and mostly clinal; carlottae and godfreii possibly not tenable.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
meruloides (Swainson, 1832) - Alaska and north-western Canada. Non-breeding also south-western USA.
naevius (Gmelin, 1789) - South-eastern Alaska south to north-western California.
carlottae (Phillips, AR, 1991) - Queen Charlotte Is, in British Columbia (south-western Canada).
godfreii (Phillips, AR, 1991) - Interior British Columbia south to north-western USA (Idaho, Montana).