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Thrush: North America
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Wood Thrush breeds across most of eastern North America, ranging from the panhandle of Florida northward to southern Canada. The species generally reaches its western limit at the eastern edge of the Great Plains, although it can be found breeding along the Missouri River through central South Dakota. Many Audubon Important Bird Areas (IBAs) throughout the eastern United States provide nesting habitat for Wood Thrush, including North Carolina's Eno River Bottomlands IBA and Delaware's Coastal Zone IBA. The Wood Thrush winters mostly in primary, broad-leaved forests at lower elevations from southern Mexico to western Panama.
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The Varied Thrush is similar in behavior to the American Robin, but more elusive. Much of its foraging is done on the ground, usually in dense cover, although sometimes it forages on open lawns and roads. The Varied Thrush's song is a unique fuzzy, metallic whistle on different pitches.
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Thrush, common name applied to any of a large family of widely distributed passerine birds. There are two major groups, the true thrushes (to which the American robin belongs) and the chat thrushes (to which the European robin belongs). The chat thrushes are confined to Eurasia, except for the northern wheatear, which has colonized Alaska and northern Canada. The true thrushes are found on every continent and many islands, although there is only one native species in Australia.
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The Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and the USDA Forest Service coordinate Birds in Forested Landscapes, a citizen-science project that links volunteer birders and professional ornithologists in a study of the habitat requirements of North American forest birds, including Wood Thrush. To learn more about Birds in Forested Landscapes, and how you can participate in the project, visit: http://birds.cornell.edu/bfl/
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Banding studies show that the Hermit Thrush can live up to 7 years in the wild. They are short to long distance migrants that winter in the Southern and western US into Central America as far as Guatemala.
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