Wood Thrush

Hylocichla mustelinaOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Thrushes (Turdidae)

Codes: Common Name: WOTH Scientific Name: HYLMUS ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179777

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Wood Thrush

Wood Thrush: Medium thrush, rust-brown upperparts, white underparts with heavy dark brown spots. Eye-rings are white. Black bill has creamy pink base on lower mandible. In the early 1900s, its range began to expand north, forcing the Veery and Hermit thrushes to find another habitat.

● Song: "ee-o-lee", "ee-o-lay", "qurirt", "pit-pit-pit"

● Foraging & 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.

● Breeding & 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.

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

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight on rapidly beating wings.

Wood Thrush Breeding Male Body Illustration

● Range & 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.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^Population

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight1.7 Ounces

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.

Field Guide to Birds of North America

Wood Thrush

Wood Thrush

Flight Pattern