Species: Ixoreus naevius
Varied Thrush
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Turdidae
Genus
Ixoreus
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Mirlo Pecho Cinchado - grive à collier
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Turdidae - Ixoreus - Sometimes known as Zoothera naevia.
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A bird (thrush).
Migration
true - true - true - Breeding populations north of contiguous U.S. generally are long-distance migrants; coastal populations of northwestern U.S. and southwestern Canada apparently locally migratory.
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
true
Food Comments
Feeds in trees or forages on the ground for insects, earthworms, seeds, and berries.
Reproduction Comments
Clutch size 2-5 (usually 3-4). Incubation about 14 days. Nestlings altricial.
Length
24
Weight
78
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-12-03
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-03
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
BREEDING: northern and western Alaska south through western Canada, northwestern Montana, northern Idaho, Washington, and most of Oregon to extreme northwestern California. NON-BREEDING: southern Alaska, southern British Columbia and northern Idaho south through Washington, Oregon, and California to northern Baja Calif. Wanders widely in central and northeastern North America (AOU 1983).