Russet Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus occidentalis) | Photos and ID

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ForestCup nestSmall · 26 g

Russet Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus occidentalis), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Nigel Voaden, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Russet Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus occidentalis), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Adrianh M. Orozco, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Russet Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus occidentalis), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Scott Harris, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Russet Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus occidentalis), photo 4 — Photo: (c) datadan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Russet Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus occidentalis), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Russet Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus occidentalis), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Adrianh M. Orozco, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Russet Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus occidentalis), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Russet Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus occidentalis), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Adrianh M. Orozco, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Russet Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus occidentalis), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Russet Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus occidentalis), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The russet nightingale-thrush is 15.5 to 18 cm (6.1 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 22 to 37 g (0.78 to 1.3 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies C. o. occidentalis have a deep russet brown crown and nape and a light olive brown or buffy olive face. Their upperparts are mostly a more olivaceous russet brown than the crown but the uppertail coverts and tail are more rufescent than the back. Their wings are mostly colored like the back but have buffy at the base of the flight feathers' inner webs. Voice: The russet nightingale-thrush's song is "varied, thin phrases with tinny quality, not particularly musical she-vee-ee-i-lu or chee ti-vee, etc." that is sometimes repeated in fairly rapid succession. Its calls include "a quiet, low, slightly gruff chuk or chruh, and a nasal, mewing reear".

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When to see the Russet Nightingale-Thrush

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Russet Nightingale-Thrush

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Mexico

About the Russet Nightingale-Thrush

The russet nightingale-thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, the thrushes and allies. It is endemic to Mexico.

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Easily confused with

Yellow-throated Nightingale-ThrushCatharus dryasThe yellow-throated nightingale-thrush is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 36 to 44 g (1.3 to 1.6 oz).

Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelliBicknell's thrush is just slightly smaller than the other northern migratory Catharus thrushes, with an average length of approximately 17 cm (6.7 in) and a weight ranging generally from 26 to 30g.

Black-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus gracilirostrisThe black-billed nightingale-thrush is about 15 cm (5.9 in) long and weighs about 20 g (0.71 oz) The sexes have the same plumage.

Side by side: Russet Nightingale-Thrush vs Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush · Bicknell's Thrush vs Russet Nightingale-Thrush · Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush vs Russet Nightingale-Thrush

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