TURDIDAE of North America
Thrushes are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized birds, inhabiting wooded areas, and often feed on the ground or eat small fruit. Most species are gray or brown in color, often with speckled underparts. Even if the adults do not have these speckles, the juveniles often will. They are insectivorous, but most species also eat worms, snails, and fruit. Thrushes build cup-shaped nests, sometimes lining them with mud. They lay two to five speckled eggs, sometimes laying two or more clutches per year. Both parents help in raising the young. The songs of some species are considered to be among the most beautiful in the avian world.
[abstracted from Wikipedia]
[abstracted from Wikipedia]
The True Thrushes
Order Passeriformes Family Turdidae
Many of the "true thrushes" have songs that are very pleasing to humans. A good example is the common blackbird that is occurs naturally in Europe, Asia, Africa and has been intrioduced into Australia
Genus Turdus
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Found: North America (rare), northern Europe and Asia
Photographed by: 1) Martin Olsson - Sweden 2) Yuqi Qiao - Sweden 3) Charlie Westerinen - Cochem. Germany
Robin, American Turdus migratorius Found: North America
Photographed by: 1) Dick Daniels - Wyoming 2) Dick -Maine 3) Dick -California 4) Dick -Washington DC
5) Dick - New York 6) Dick - New York 7) Dick -North Carolina 8) Dick -Virginia
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1, 2) Juvenile
Thrush, Clay-colored aka Clay-colored Robin Turdus grayi Found: south Texas to Columbia
Photographed by: 1) Castor - Costa Rica 2) Dominic Sherony 3) Factumquintus
Thrush Rufous-backed aka Rufous-backed Robin Turdus rufopalliatus Found: southwest North America, Mexico
Photographed by: 1, 3) Dominic Sherony 2) Pablo Leautaud
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