Thrushes
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Turdidae
The Thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively 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 LC
- Western Bluebird, Sialia mexicana LC
- Mountain Bluebird, Sialia currucoides LC
- Townsend's Solitaire, Myadestes townsendi LC
- Brown-backed Solitaire, Myadestes occidentalis (A) LC
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush, Catharus aurantiirostris (A) LC
- Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush, Catharus mexicanus (A) LC
- Veery, Catharus fuscescens LC
- Gray-cheeked Thrush, Catharus minimus LC
- Bicknell's Thrush, Catharus bicknelli VU
- Swainson's Thrush, Catharus ustulatus LC
- Hermit Thrush, Catharus guttatus LC
- Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina LC
- Eurasian Blackbird, Turdus merula (A) LC
- Eyebrowed Thrush, Turdus obscurus LC
- Dusky Thrush, Turdus naumanni (C) LC
- Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris (C) LC
- Redwing, Turdus iliacus (C) LC
- Song Thrush, Turdus philomelos (A) LC
- Clay-colored Thrush, Turdus grayi LC
- White-throated Thrush, Turdus assimilis (C) LC
- Rufous-backed Robin, Turdus rufopalliatus LC
- American Robin, Turdus migratorius LC
- Red-legged Thrush, Turdus plumbeus (A) LC
- Varied Thrush, Ixoreus naevius LC
- Aztec Thrush, Ridgwayia pinicola (C) LC
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Canada And The United States
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