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Veery

Catharus fuscescens ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: TURDIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

A tawny thrush of damp deciduous forests, the Veery is the least spotted of all the American spotted thrushes and one of the easiest to identify.

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Appearance

Thrushes
Thrushes
Typical Voice

Adult Description

  • Medium-sized thrush.
  • Upperparts tawny brown.
  • Throat and chest buffy, with indistinct reddish brown spots.

Immature Description

Like adult.

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Similar Species

  • Most populations distinguished from other thrushes by the warmer brown of upperparts. Darker western birds distinguished by plainer face and gray (not olive or buff) flanks.
  • Western form of Swainson's Thrush has less distinct eyering and is most similar to western Veery. Distinguished by more buffy coloration on cheek, less reddish in wing, more rufous or olive flanks, and voice.