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Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush

Catharus dryas

Not Evaluated · IUCN Red List

NENot EvaluatedInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 38 g
Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus dryas), photo 1
Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Christoph Moning · cc-by
Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus dryas), photo 2
Photo: Greg Lasley · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus dryas), photo 3
Photo: Ana Agreda, Aves y Conservación · Public domain
Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus dryas), photo 4
Photo: Bale & Danielsson; Bannwarth, Th.; Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company; Godman, Frederick Du Cane; Hanhart; Horman-Fisher, Maud; Knight, H.; Mintern Bros.; Purkiss, W.; Salvin, Osbert; Saunders, G. S.; Schlereth, M. v.; Sharp, M. A.; Taylor & Francis; Wilson, Edwin · Public domain

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The 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). Adult males of the nominate subspecies C. d. dryas have a mostly black head with an orange eye-ring and a buff chin and upper throat. Their upperparts are dull olive-gray. Their lower throat, breast, and upper belly are apricot-yellow with olive spots, their flanks grayish, and their lower belly and vent are whitish. Adult females are dark grayish on the back of their crown and head and have more olive upperparts than males. Subspecies C. d. harrisoni and C. d. Voice: The yellow-throated nightingale-thrush's song is somewhat variable though each individual appears to have a single song. Examples are "a scratchy warbling series of sharp whistles and buzzes: chit-TSEE!-tah'wert-PEE'tseee-Cheet or TSIP!Tseee-cheet-tsee'weet". The song lasts about two seconds.

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When to see the Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush

Regular range

The map shades 11 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Guatemala Mexico Peru Colombia Argentina Bolivia Venezuela Honduras El Salvador Nicaragua

About the Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush

The yellow-throated nightingale-thrush or Gould's nightingale-thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, the thrushes and allies. It is found from Mexico to Nicaragua.

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Easily confused with

Russet Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus occidentalis) Russet Nightingale-ThrushCatharus occidentalisThe 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). Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus bicknelli) 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-Thrush (Catharus gracilirostris) 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: Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush vs Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush · Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush vs Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush · Bicknell's Thrush vs Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush · Russet Nightingale-Thrush vs Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush

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