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Range Map for Varied Thrush

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Migration

Short-distance, partial migrant. Some coastal breeders stay in one place year-round, but inland breeders migrate south in winter. Northern breeding populations may “leapfrog” past southern breeding populations, wintering farther south. In many winters, a few Varied Thrushes move erratically and appear in the Midwest and Northeast, far out of their normal range.

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