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wood thrush
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wood thrush

One of the 11 species of thrushes (in the genus Hylocichla, or Catharus) called nightingale thrushes because of their rich songs. H. mustelina is common in eastern U.S. broadleaf forests; it is 8 in. (20 cm) long and has drab, spotted plumage and a rusty-colored head.
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Nesting Foraging Common Name Scientific Name Guild Guild Acadian flycatcher Empidonax virescens T AI Wood thrush Hylocichla mustelina S GI Yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus T AI Yellow-throated vireo Vireo flavifrons T AI *T=tree, S=shrub, G=ground, A=arboreal, I=insectivore Table 4.
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ustulatus (Nuttall), Swainson's I O thrush Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin), I C wood thrush Ixoreus naevius (Gmelin), varied I R thrush Myadestes townsendi (Audubon), I R Townsend's solitaire Oenanthe oenanthe (Linnaeus), I R northern wheatear Sialia currucoides (Bechstein), I R mountain bluebird S.
Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana by Minton, Sherman A. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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