Bird name:

Wood Thrush

Hylocichla mustelina

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Thrushes (Turdidae)

Code 4

WOTH

Code 6

HYLMUS

ITIS

179777

Breeding Location:

Forest

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Egg Color:

Pale blue or blue green

Number of Eggs:

2 - 5

Incubation Days:

13 - 14

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Moss, mud, and dried leaves., Lined with fine rootlets.

Migration:

Migratory

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General

Wood Thrush: Medium-sized thrush with rust-brown upperparts and white underparts with heavy dark brown spots. Eye-rings are white. Sexes are similar. Juvenile has pale streaks on upperparts.

Range and Habitat

Wood Thrush: Breeds from Manitoba, Ontario, and Nova Scotia south to Florida and Gulf of Mexico. Spends winters in tropics. Found in moist, deciduous woodlands with a thick understory; also well-planted parks and gardens.

Breeding and Nesting

Wood Thrush: Two to five pale blue or blue green eggs are laid in a cup nest made of moss, mud, and dried leaves, lined with fine rootlets, and built 6 to 50 feet above the ground in a tree or shrub. Incubation ranges from 13 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Wood Thrush: Eats various insects, spiders, and fruits; feeds largely on fruits and berries during fall migration; forages on the ground and in low vegetation.

Readily Eats

Raisins, Currants, Nut Meal

Vocalization

Wood Thrush: Song is a series of triple phrases, the middle note lower than the first, and the last note highest and trilled, "ee-o-lee", "ee-o-lay." Call is an abrasive "quirt" or rapid "pit, pit, pit."

Similar Species

Wood Thrush: Veery is smaller with red-brown upperparts, longer tail, and different voice.

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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