Hermit Thrush

Catharus guttatus (Pallas, 1811) HERTH 11760
Family: Passeriformes > Turdidae

Resembling a small Song Thrush, Hermit Thrush is an extremely rare visitor from North America. Almost all of the handful of records come from the second half of October.

East of the Rocky Mountains the Hermit Thrush usually nests on the ground. In the West, it is more likely to nest in trees.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
156 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
156 records

BTO RECORDS

156 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
156 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Hermit Thrush, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

BIOMETRICS

Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.

Feather measurements and photos on featherbase

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Catalan: griveta ermitana
Czech: drozd rezavoocasý
Danish: Eremitdrossel
Dutch: Heremietlijster
Estonian: erakrästas
Finnish: erakkorastas
French: Grive solitaire
German: Einsiedler-Musendrossel
Hungarian: pettyes fülemülerigó
Icelandic: Dulþröstur
Italian: Tordo di Pallas
Latvian: vientulais strazds
Lithuanian: trumpasnapis strazdas vienišius
Norwegian: Eremittskogtrost
Polish: drozdek samotny
Portuguese: tordo-eremita
Slovak: drozd malý
Slovenian: samotni cikovtnik
Spanish: Zorzalito colirrufo
Swedish: eremitskogstrast

Links to more studies from ConservationEvidence.com

Read more studies about Hermit Thrush on Conservation Evidence >

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