Gray-cheeked thrush / Grauwangendrossel (Catharus minimus)

Wikipedia: Gray-cheeked thrush Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Graycheekedthrush36.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Catharus (Catharus); Family Thrushes (Turdidae)
General: The grey-cheeked thrush (Catharus minimus) is a medium-sized thrush. This species is 15–17 cm (5.9–6.7 in) in length, and has the white-dark-white underwing pattern characteristic of Catharus thrushes. It is a member of a close-knit group of migrant species together with the veery and Bicknell's thrush;^[2] it forms a cryptic species pair with the latter. The grey-cheeked thrush is all but indistinguishable from Bicknell's thrush except by its slightly larger size and different song. The two were formerly considered conspecific.^[3] Of all the American spotted thrushes, the grey-cheeked has the most northern breeding range.^[4] [more]