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Varied Thrush

Ixoreus naevius ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: TURDIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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A large, robin-like thrush of the Pacific Northwest, the Varied Thrush is a characteristic bird of the mature, dark coniferous forests. Wandering individuals turn up regularly far from home, wintering around feeders in the midwestern states.

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Calls

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

Strong whistled tone on a single pitch, usually buzzy in quality. Call note a dry "chup."

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