Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae (Thrushes)  
Genus: Catharus (4 species, 13 worldwide)


Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus fuscater)
Reserva Santa Helena, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Speckled Nightingale-Thrush
Speckled Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus maculatus maculatus)
Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha province, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Once called the Spotted Nightingale-Thrush, and then Gould's Nightingale-Thrush.

Grey-cheeked Thrush
Grey-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant. Note partial eye-ring vs. the much more common Swainson's Thrush.
Note white and not buff throat seen on [Swainson's Thrush].

Swainson's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
Zafra Reserva Natural, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant. Note full eye-ring vs. the much less common Grey-cheeked Thrush. Found on forest floor as well as the canopy.
From front showing spots.


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