Birds Guide

Catharus
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia   Phylum: Chordata   Class: Aves   Order: Passeriformes   Family: Turdidae   Genus: Catharus Bonaparte, 1850
species
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Catharus is a genus of birds in the thrush family Turdidae. It comprises the small, mostly insectivorous or omnivorous thrushes of North America and the nightingale-thrushes of Central and South America

These are mainly forest birds with large eyes, straight slim bills and fluty voices.

This is a typical New World thrush genus, although representatives of other genera, such as the true thrushes, Turdus also occur, especially in Central and South America.

The species are:

• Veery, Catharus fuscescens
  Gray-cheeked Thrush, Catharus minimus
  Bicknell's Thrush, Catharus bicknelli
  Swainson's Thrush, Catharus ustulatus
  Hermit Thrush, Catharus guttatus
  Orange-billed Nightingale-thrush, Catharus aurantiirostris
  Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrush, Catharus fuscater
  Russet Nightingale-thrush, Catharus occidentalis
  Black-billed Nightingale-thrush, Catharus gracilirostris
  Ruddy-capped Nightingale-thrush, Catharus frantzii
  Black-headed Nightingale-thrush, Catharus mexicanus
  Spotted Nightingale-thrush, Catharus dryas

References

• Stiles and Skutch, A guide to the birds of Costa Rica ISBN 0-8014-9600-4