Varied Thrushes are stocky songbirds with large, rounded heads, straight bills, and long legs. Usually seen standing horizontally on the ground or in a tree ...

Common in the Cascades, Northern Rockies, and Pacific Coast, Varied Thrushes forage for insects in summer and switch to berries and seeds in winter.

The varied thrush (Ixoreus naevius) is a member of the thrush family, Turdidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Ixoreus.

Although it looks superficially like a robin, the Varied Thrush is far more elusive, usually feeding on the ground among dense thickets. Typical of the far west ...

Varied Thrush is a short-distance migrant, unlike many thrush species such as Wood Thrush and Bicknell's Thrush. Varied Thrushes winter along the west coast of ...

A beautiful, boldly-patterned thrush. Males are an exquisite combination of blue-gray, orange, and black. Note black breast band, orange eyebrow, ...

The Varied Thrush is a boldly patterned bird. In the male, the rust-colored belly and throat are interrupted by a black breast-band; the female has a lighter, ...

Varied Thrush · Identification. Orange legs and dark bill with yellow mandible base. · Geographic Variation · Similar Species · Voice · Status and Distribution.

Varied Thrush. They will forage in a spot, fly to a perch to spy another suitable spot and then fly to it to begin foraging again.

12 авг. 2024 г. · A black and bright orange bird lands atop a snow bank. Despite its bright coloring, the varied thrush is actually quite secretive and shy. NPS ...