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.
Typically found in forest understory or foraging in leaf litter.
Plump thrush with a round head and small, thin bill. Cinnamon-brown above with faint spotting on a creamy-colored throat.
Plump-bodied thrush. Cinnamon-brown above with faint spotting on a creamy colored breast.
Spotting on the breast is often stronger on more northern breeders. Note brown mustache stripe and grayish flanks.
Breeds in rich deciduous woodlands and forests with well-developed understory.
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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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