Thrushes (Turdidae)
Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) - HBW 10, p. 696
French: Grive à collier
German: Halsbanddrossel
Spanish: Zorzal Pinto
Taxonomy: Turdus naevius J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Often placed in genus Zoothera, but plumage, apart from underwing pattern, very different. Geographical variation slight and mostly clinal; carlottae and godfreii possibly not tenable. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- meruloides (Swainson, 1832) - Alaska and NW Canada; non-breeding also SW USA.
- naevius (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - SE Alaska S to NW California.
- carlottae (A. R. Phillips, 1991) - Queen Charlotte Is, in British Columbia (SW Canada).
- godfreii (A. R. Phillips, 1991) - interior British Columbia S to NW USA (Idaho, Montana).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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winter male feeding on lawn, an East Coast vagrant Locality Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA (United States) (ssp meruloides)
Martin Kennewell 5 March 2006 34 weeks ago 43 sec 3.7 -
Pair of adults foraging along waterline at low tide. Locality Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp meruloides)
Wayne Hall 21 June 2011 42 weeks ago 49 sec 3.7 -
Sitting on Sitka Spruce branch. Locality Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp meruloides)
Wayne Hall 12 June 2011 42 weeks ago 39 sec 3.7 -
An adult male foraging on a cruise ship Locality Fairweather Range, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp naevius)
Joe Angseesing 17 September 2003 3 years ago 43 sec 2.1 -
An adult male feeding in an apple tree Locality Toronto, Ontario, Canada (ssp naevius)
Luc Fazio 11 April 2003 4 years ago 24 sec 2
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This individual, well out of its normal range, has been coming to feeders since mid December, 2010.
Locality Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 9 January 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
A male perched alone
Locality Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA (United States)
AndrewSmith 8 February 2012 14 weeks ago 4.3 -
Feeding on seed on wooden bridge
Locality Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ian Maton 12 March 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
Photographed during our first snowfall of the year.
Locality Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Keith MacDonald 18 January 2012 17 weeks ago 3.7 -
A male posing on a branch
Locality Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA (United States)
AndrewSmith 6 February 2012 12 weeks ago 3.5 -
Varied Thrush Profile View
Locality University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, USA (United States)
Justin Watts 3 December 2011 24 weeks ago 3.5
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Singing adult. Locality Capitol State Forest, Washington State, USA (United States)
(ssp naevius)
Andrew_Davis 4 May 2004 2 years ago 2
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