Species: Catharus guttatus
Hermit Thrush
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Turdidae
Genus
Catharus
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
Zorzal Cola Rufa - grive solitaire
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Turdidae - Catharus - (AOU 1983). Systematics are complex and have little consensus. Several subspecies are recognized by various authors. The American Ornithologists' Union (1957) and Ripley (1964) recognized eight subspecies, Aldrich (1968) recognized 10 subspecies, and Phillips (1991) recognized 13 (see Jones and Donovan 1996). Subspecies vary morphologically, especially in wing, tail, and tarsus length, and plumage coloration; bill length increases from north to south of range, tarsus length decreases from north to south (Aldrich 1968). Three generally recognizable groups include birds occurring east of the Rocky Mountains, central Alaska south through the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, and west and north of the Sierra Nevada-Cascade ranges along the Pacific coast (Lane and Jaramillo 2000).
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A small bird (thrush).
Migration
false - true - true - Long-distance migrant throughout Canada and most of U.S. breeding range.
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
true
Food Comments
Eats insects and other invertebrates mostly from ground; also eats small fruits (Terres 1980).
Reproduction Comments
Clutch size usually is 3-4. Incubation, by female, lasts 12-13 days. Young are tended by both parents, leave nest at 10-12 days.
Length
17
Weight
31
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2008-01-03
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-03
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Breeding range extends from western and central Alaska across southern Mackenzie to southern Labrador and Newfoundland, south to southern Alaska, in the mountains to southern and eastern California, southern Nevada, central and southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and western Texas; east of the Rockies to southwestern and central Alberta, central Saskatchewan, northern Minnesota, northeastern Ohio, western Virginia, western Maryland, southern New Jersey, and southern New York; also isolated breeding population in Black Hills, South Dakota (AOU 1998). Breeding also occurs in the Sierra San Pedro Martir, Baja California (Erickson and Wurster 1998). Nonbreeding range extends from southern British Columbia, northern U.S., southern Ontario and New England, south to southern Baja California, through Mexico to Guatemala and El Salvador, southern Texas, Gulf Coast, southern Florida, and the northern Bahamas (AOU 1998).
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

