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Hermit Thrush

Catharus guttatus

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Turdidae

The hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) is a medium-sized North American thrush. Taxonomy It is not very closely related to the other North American migrant species of Catharus, but rather to the Mexican russet nightingale-thrush. The specific name guttatus is Latin for "spotted", though historically this species has been given 17 additional species or subspecies names by various authors, now all treated as synonyms.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 1,545,723Canada · 276,932Mexico · 8,923France · 231United Kingdom · 55Iceland · 19Cuba · 11Denmark · 9