BirdsThrushes
7 1/2" (19 cm). Back, head, wings grayish brown; dark brown spots on pale buffy throat, chest; belly white; tail rusty gray; cheeks grey; very thin. Pale eye ring. Forages on forest floor.… read more
6 1/2 -71/4" (16-18 cm). Smaller than a robin. Uniform cinnamon-brown or rufous-olive above, with faint spotting on upper breast. Other thrushes in the genus Catharus are more heavily spotted below.… read more
6 1/2 -7 1/2" (17-19 cm). Smaller than a robin. The only one of our brown, spotted thrushes with dull brown upperparts and a rusty tail. Frequently flicks its tail.… read more
6 1/2 -8" (17-20 cm). Dull olive-brown, with pale, spotted underparts; no rust color in plumage; sides of face tinged with gray; no eye ring. Gray cheeks. Other spotted thrushes show rust color on upperparts or tail.… read more
6 1/2 -7 3/4" (17-20 cm). Uniformly dull olive-brown or olive-russet above, spotted below, with buff eye ring and cheek. The Gray-cheeked Thrush is similar, but has grayish cheeks and lacks conspicuous eye ring.… read more
8" (20 cm). Starling-sized. Brown above, bright rusty color on head, and white below with large blackish spots. Other brown thrushes have finer spotting on breast.… read more
9-10" (23-25 cm). Slate gray upperparts; rusty orange throat, breast interrupted by broad slate-colored or black breast band; 2 orange wing bars; off-white belly. Female, paler; breast band gray or absent. Young, breast band incomplete. Flight undulating.… read more
4 3/4" (12 cm). Brown above, white below. Male, striking blue throat, breast with rusty red "star"; black, white, red breast bands; white neck stripe, eyebrow. Females, juveniles light buff throat. Rusty red patch at base of brown tail displayed during tail-flicking.… read more
8-9 1/2" (20-24 cm). Gray overall, unstreaked, slightly darker above, with thin white eye ring and white outer tail feathers; pale rusty wing patch. Juveniles are mottled gray and white. Sits upright, usually high on a branch.… read more
5 1/2-6" (14-15 cm). A very rare, sparrow-sized bird of open ground. Warm brown above, buff-pink below; bold white rump and sides of tail contrast with black center and tip of tail, which form an inverted T.… read more
7" (18 cm). Male pure sky-blue above, paler blue below, with a white abdomen; female similar, but duller and grayer.… read more
6-7" (15-18 cm). Male has deep blue hood and upperparts; rusty red breast and crescent mark across upper back; white belly. Female sooty gray above, with dull blue wings and tail. Juveniles like female but grayer, with speckled underparts.… read more
7" (17 cm). Bright blue above and on wings and tail; rusty throat and breast; white belly and undertail coverts. Female similar, but duller.… read more
9-10 1/2" (23-27 cm). Head and upperparts grayish to tawny brown; bill yellow; legs pale; throat pale with dusky streaking; underparts buff. Juvenile upperparts cinnamon-flecked, underparts mottled and spotted brown.… read more
9-11" (23-28 cm). Gray above, brick red below. Head and tail black in males, dull gray in females. Young birds are spotted below.… read more
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