Swainson's Thrush (sexes similar) - approx. 18 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching Birds)
Family: Turdidae (Thrushes & Robins)
Genus: Catharus
Species: Ustulatus
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Updated April 25 2011
Order: Passeriformes (Perching Birds)
Family: Turdidae (Thrushes & Robins)
Genus: Turdus
Species: Migratorius
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Updated February 21 2012
American Robin (male) - approx. 25 cm - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - March 2010
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Swainson's Thrush (sexes similar) - approx. 18 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - May 2007
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Wood Thrush (sexes similar) - approx. 21 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching Birds)
Family: Turdidae (Thrushes & Robins)
Genus: Hylocichla
Species: Mustelina
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Updated May 30 2009
Wood Thrush (sexes similar) - approx. 21 cm - High Park - May 2009
Eastern Bluebird (female) - approx. 18 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Turdidae (Thrushes & Robins)
Genus: Sialia
Species: Sialis
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Updated July 26 2011
Eastern Bluebird (female) - approx. 18 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - October 2010
American Robin (molting) - approx. 25 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching Birds)
Family: Turdidae (Thrushes & Robins)
Genus: Turdus
Species: Migratorius
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Updated July 10 2011
American Robin - approx. 25 cm - High Park - May 2010
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Kingdom: Animalia
Kingdom: Animalia
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Hermit Thrush has reddish tail which it raises and lowers
while perched - Veery has less distinctive eye ring and
spots on breast
while perched - Veery has less distinctive eye ring and
spots on breast
Juvenile has white eye ring and white underparts spotted
with dusky brown, molts by end of August - some
females have faint eye ring, male has bright blue back,
wings and tail
with dusky brown, molts by end of August - some
females have faint eye ring, male has bright blue back,
wings and tail
Female resembles male but paler, juveniles resemble
female but paler
female but paler
White feathers from the previous fall molting
Audio - updated May 30 2009
Audio - updated May 3 2012
Audio - updated October 25 2010
Eastern Bluebird (male) - approx. 18 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Turdidae (Thrushes & Robins)
Genus: Sialia
Species: Sialis
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Updated July 26 2011
Eastern Bluebird (male) - approx. 18 cm - Marie Curtis Park - October 2011
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Juvenile has white eye ring and white underparts spotted
with dusky brown, molts by end of August - some
females have faint eye ring, male has bright blue back,
wings and tail
with dusky brown, molts by end of August - some
females have faint eye ring, male has bright blue back,
wings and tail
Order: Passeriformes (Perching Birds)
Family: Turdidae (Thrushes & Robins)
Genus: Catharus
Species: Fuscescens?
Veery? (sexes similar) - approx. 18 cm - West Don Valley (E.T. Seton Park) - April 2012
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Hermit Thrush raises and lowers tail while perched - Veery
has less distinctive eye ring and spots on breast
has less distinctive eye ring and spots on breast
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Updated April 30 2012
