Veery / Wilson-Drossel (Catharus fuscescens)

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Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Catharus (Catharus); Family Thrushes (Turdidae)
General: The veery (Catharus fuscescens) is a small North American thrush species, a member of a group of closely related and similar species in the genus Catharus, also including the gray-cheeked thrush (C. minimus), Bicknell's thrush (C. bicknelli), Swainson's thrush (C. ustulatus), and Hermit thrush (C. guttatus).^[2][3] Alternate names for this species include Wilson's thrush (named so after Alexander Wilson^[4]) and tawny thrush.^[5] Up to six subspecies exist, which are grouped into the eastern Veery (C. fuscescens fuscescens), the western Veery or Willow Thrush (C. fuscescens salicicolus), and the Newfoundland Veery (C. fuscescens fuliginosus).^[6] [more]