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Bicknell's Thrush

  • Bicknell's Thrush Adult
    Adult

    Medium-sized brown thrush with a plain (unstreaked) brown face and little to no eyering. Extremely similar to Gray-cheeked Thrush and best distinguished by voice.

    © Tom Johnson | Macaulay LibraryNew Jersey, May 11, 2016
  • Bicknell's Thrush Adult
    Adult

    Medium-sized thrush with a plain brown face. Breeds in mountain forests with windblown and stunted balsam fir.

    © Simon Boivin | Macaulay LibraryQuebec, July 16, 2016
  • Adult and juvenile

    Plain brown thrush that usually shows very little eyering. Tail is slightly warmer brown than the back. Nests in stunted evergreen forests on mountaintops.

    © James Goetz | Macaulay LibraryVermont, January 01, 2008Not all videos have sound
  • Bicknell's Thrush Adult
    Adult

    Slender brown thrush that breeds in mountains of eastern Canada and winters in the Greater Antilles.

    © Tom Johnson | Macaulay LibraryBarahona, March 17, 2016
  • Bicknell's Thrush Juvenile
    Juvenile

    Spotted below with a brown face. Often stays hidden among dense vegetation.

    © Dick Dionne | Macaulay LibraryNew Hampshire, July 23, 2014
  • Adult

    Plain brown thrush with thin eyering and bold spots on the breast. Breeding range does not overlap with Gray-cheeked Thrush, but during migration the two species can occur together and are best distinguished by voice.

    © Timothy Barksdale | Macaulay LibraryNew Jersey, May 01, 1998Not all videos have sound