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Swainson's Thrush

Catharus ustulatus ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: TURDIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

The Swainson's Thrush is distinguished from the other spotted thrushes by its obvious eyering and buffy face.

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Calls

  • Song, call
    Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Song flute-like, spiraling upward. Call a sharp "whit;" also a hollow "peep." Nocturnal flight call a "peep" similar to a single note from a spring peeper frog.

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