A Hermit Thrush's well-concealed, grass-lined nest, found on the ground of a wooded edge at 2,850'. the primary coverts, JAN - JUL: after-second-year
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus faxoni), first year individual on ground among Fall leaves in New York's Central Park. McGill Bird Observatory (QC), October 2010, A typical AHY Hermit Thrush tail featuring broad and blunt-tipped rectrices. McGill Bird Observatory (QC), October 2010. Eye ring whitish, occasionally not complete in front. Common. unknown. Overall plumage is rarely helpful in ageing Swainson's Thrushes, but in some cases SY individuals have readily visible pale tips to their retained juvenile greater coverts, which are a diagnostic feature. Medium-sized thrush with dark brown spots on the breast and paler smudgier spots on the flanks. Canada (ca)
Country : Identification. coverts, with the pale markings getting progressively smaller on the outer coverts. Sign in to see your badges. Hermit Thrush on branch, Ship Harbor Nature Trail, Acadia National Park, Maine. ASY Hermit Thrushes have relatively broad and rounded rectrices. Note thin white eyering. Copyright complaints ~
Photograph by Tom Vezo, Minden Pictures/Nat Geo Image Collection, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/h/hermit-thrush.html. ©, Buffon et l'Histoire naturelle des oiseaux. https://www.alamy.com/hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-foraging-image264732449.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-75682937.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-camouflaged-by-wood-chips-142791697.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-75682920.html. just growing in, and uniformly brown greater coverts. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-faxoni-first-year-individual-sitting-40216869.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-close-up-of-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-perched-on-a-mossy-tree-26734841.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-75682935.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-76215635.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-132535788.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-singing-59387735.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-52032915.html. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-lower-gallinas-canyon-black-range-57580502.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-11416512.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-75682889.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-arizona-109486031.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-75682930.html, A hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) perched on a lichen covered stump in Pinto Lake County Park in Watsonville, California, https://www.alamy.com/a-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-perched-on-a-lichen-covered-stump-in-pinto-lake-county-park-in-watsonville-california-image349455687.html, https://www.alamy.com/hermit-thrush-in-wyoming-image62446102.html, https://www.alamy.com/hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-image215117051.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-bathing-in-a-backyard-pond-in-saskatoon-70025344.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-76215634.html, Hermit Thrush, Catharus guttatus, perched on a snowy covered pond in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-perched-on-a-snowy-covered-pond-in-91732065.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-in-alberta-canada-90950256.html. All rights reserved © 1996-2020 - Oiseaux.net, Copy forbidden without prior authorization. The slow tail lift of the hermit is distinctive in the genus. Habitat + 3. Photo by Corey Raimond. A juvenile Hermit Thrush in Garrett Co., Maryland (8/6/2012). Terms and conditions ~
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McGill Bird Observatory (QC), August 2009. McGill Bird Observatory (QC), October 2005, A somewhat more intermediate example, with rectrices still quite pointed, but as
A juvenile Hermit Thrush in Garrett Co., Maryland (8/6/2012). Hermit Thrush, (Catharus guttatus), Lower Gallinas Canyon, Black Range, Gila Wilderness, Grant co., New Mexico, USA. McGill Bird Observatory (QC), October 2010, A typical AHY wing, with uniformly brown greater coverts that have just a trace of pale edging. Artist Point hike to Table Mountain, Mt Baker, Washington. Photo by Peter Pyle, Big Sur Ornithology Lab (CA), March 2007, JAN - JUL: second-year
McGill Bird Observatory (QC), August 2009. Photo by Frode Jacobsen. Juvenile: spotted whitish to buff above, blackish below; some older immatures distinguishable by presence of retained juvenal wing coverts with buffy shaft streak; beware adults with cinnamon greater coverts tips in fresh plumage. Sometimes cocks its tail up, while flicking its wings. Bill dark with pinkish base to mandible. A Hermit Thrush in Howard Co., Maryland (3/23/2018).
Juvenile Hermit Thrushes have narrow and pointed rectrices. Singing Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) in spring migrant sitting in tree. https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-hermit-thrush-george-c-reifel-migratory-bird-sanctuary-british-columbia-168459758.html. Adult: in eastern faxoni, upperparts brown with moderate rufous wash. The outer rectrices show the broad and rounded shape typical of ASY Hermit Thrushes. Overall appearance usually cannot be used to identify AHY Hermit Thrushes, since the pale tips to the greater coverts that may be used to distinguish HY individuals are not always visible, and with the wing closed, AHY Hermit Thrushes can also appear to have some pale colouration there. Photo by Marcel Gahbauer,
Winters further north than other thrushes; many stay in the U.S. Tail distinctly reddish, contrasting with upperparts. Usually HY/SY Hermit Thrushes can be recognized by the pale shaft streaks on retained juvenile greater coverts, but by spring these can be faint on some individuals. Photo by Peter Pyle, Big Sur Ornithology Lab (CA), October 2007. Author :
Copyright © 13/10/2020 Alamy Ltd. All rights reserved. A Hermit Thrush nest in Price Co., Wisconsin (6/2008). Photo by Marcel Gahbauer,
An unassuming bird with a lovely, melancholy song, the Hermit Thrush lurks in the understories of far northern forests in summer and is a frequent winter companion across much of the country. NOTE: This species account has been moved to Piranga to allow for improved comparison among examples. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-on-branch-ship-harbor-nature-trail-acadia-national-park-54107986.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-76215632.html. Juvenile Hermit Thrushes show distinct white shaft streaks on the greater, median, and lesser coverts. Loral area darker than on other Catharus and not contrasting. © Yves Gauthier (Mtl) | Macaulay Library Region : Québec Distinct black spotting on generally white chest. Photo by Peter Pyle, Big Sur Ornithology Lab (CA), March 2007. Breeding: typically in conifer-dominated forests, usually in areas of relatively little undergrowth; also in deciduous forests. Found in wooded areas; often hops on the ground or skulks in dense patches of shrubbery. The hermit thrush is the only Catharus expected north of central Mexico in winter. A distinctly marked juvenile, with large pale marks on the lesser and median coverts. Juveniles are brownish gray above with spotting on the back and wings. A Hermit Thrush in Howard Co., Maryland (4/9/2014). A Hermit Thrush in Worcester Co., Maryland (4/3/2018). A Hermit Thrush in Harford Co., Maryland (10/15/2017). A Hermit Thrush in Harford Co., Maryland (2/19/2015). Medium-sized thrush with a rich brown upper body and smudged spots on the breast, with a reddish tail that sets it apart from similar species. Order : Passériformes
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HY Hermit Thrushes have narrow and relatively pointed rectrices.
A hermit thrush perches on an object in the Santa Rita Mountains in Arizona. Hermit Thrush / Grive solitaire (Catharus guttatus), NOTE: This species account has been moved to Piranga to allow for improved comparison among examples. Focal length : 400 mm © 1996-2015 National Geographic Society, © 2015- 223,647,297 stock photos, vectors and videos, Close-up of Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) perched on a mossy tree in Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-close-up-of-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-perched-on-a-mossy-tree-43877907.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-75682924.html, Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus faxoni Spring migrant on tree trunk, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-faxoni-spring-migrant-on-tree-trunk-23597212.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hermit-thrush-catharus-guttatus-singing-59387750.html. Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus faxoni), Spring migrant sitting on fence. Flight note: clear, somewhat complaining peew. The underparts are pale with spots on the throat and smudged spots on the breast. Photo by Marcel Gahbauer,
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus faxoni), first year individual sitting on rock among Fall leaves in New York's Central Park. Hermit Thrush is distinguished from most other Catharus thrushes by its contrastingly rusty tail, but beware that Bicknell's Thrush can appear similar in this regard; Hermit Thrush can be told apart by its darker bill. Hermit Thrush eggs in Garrett Co., Maryland (5/15/2019). Your Lightboxes will appear here when you have created some. Photo by Jim Stasz. AHY Hermit Thrushes have broad rectrices with relatively blunt tips. Identification. 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