Medium-sized thrush with a plump body and a round head. Uniformly bright cinnamon-brown above with indistinct spotting on the chest and pale underparts.
Plump-bodied thrush. Cinnamon-brown above with faint spotting on a creamy colored breast.
Typically found in forest understory or foraging in leaf litter.
Spotting on the breast is often stronger on more northern breeders. Note brown mustache stripe and grayish flanks.
Plump thrush with a round head and small, thin bill. Cinnamon-brown above with faint spotting on a creamy-colored throat.
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Veeries are medium-sized thrushes—smaller than an American Robin but similar in shape. They have a plump body, round head, a straight, narrow bill, and fairly long wings and legs.
Smaller than an American Robin; larger than a Song Sparrow
between sparrow and robinVeeries breeding in Newfoundland and the far-western portion of their range tend to be darker brown above with more distinct chest spotting and darker lateral throat stripes. A very few may be as dark on the upperparts as Swainson’s Thrush or Gray-cheeked Thrush.
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