Thrushes and Allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Turdidae
The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs.
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis
- Slate-colored Solitaire Myadestes unicolor
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii
- Spotted Nightingale-Thrush Catharus dryas
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Black Robin Turdus infuscatus
- Mountain Robin Turdus plebejus
- Clay-colored Robin Turdus grayi
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Rufous-collared Robin Turdus rufitorques
- Aztec Thrush Ridgwayia pinicola (A)
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