Gray-cheeked Thrush
Catharus minimus
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Call and song
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About the Gray-cheeked Thrush
Ethereal song rings through breeding grounds in northern spruce forest; found in thickets and forest understory during migration, when it tends to be shy and hard to find. To distinguish from other Catharus thrushes, note very faint eyering and plain gray face. Small bill with yellow base. Grayer face than Swainson's Thrush and lacks buffy eyering. Nearly identical to Bicknell's Thrush, which shows slight reddish wash to plumage. Song is a stuttering series of descending phrases with a notably wiry tone. Call a high-pitched, piercing "pzeeer."
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 39 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Brazil
- Canada
- Caribbean Netherlands
- Cayman Islands
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Ecuador
- France
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Jamaica
- Martinique
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Norway
- Panama
- Peru
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Russia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Venezuela
- Virgin Islands (British)
