Hermit Thrush
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The Hermit Thrush ( Catharus guttatus ) is a medium-sized songbird from the thrush family .
features
The 18 cm long hermit thrush is olive green on the top and flanks and yellow-brown on the underside with dark dots on the chest. Other features are the reddish tail and white circles under the eyes. The beauty of the slow, falling song, which is often performed by an exposed, high seat attendant, is remarkable.
Occurrence
The hermit thrush is a summer bird found in northern forests and wooded mountains of North America, migrating to Central America as far as Guatemala for winter .
nutrition
The hermit thrush looks for beetles , wasps and flies on the ground or between plants . Fruits, especially berries, complement the diet.
Reproduction
During the mating season, the male occupies a territory into which only females ready to mate are allowed to enter. These usually build a compact, massive shell nest made of plant material and mud on the ground under a conifer and incubate three to six eggs alone. However, the male feeds the female and helps raise the young, which fledge after around twelve days. Often the parent birds breed a second time. The brown-headed cowbird often tries to slip an egg under the hermit thrush, which mostly does not notice the dizziness and raises the strange young.
Others
- The Hermit Thrush is the official state bird of Vermont .
- A Hermit Thrush is the name of a poem by the American poet Amy Clampitt .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Amy Clampitt: A Hermit Thrush ( Memento of the original from May 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- Colin Harrison & Alan Greensmith: Birds. Dorling Kindersley Limited, London 1993,2000, ISBN 3-8310-0785-3
- Bryan Richard: Birds. Parragon, Bath, ISBN 1-4054-5506-3
Web links
- Catharus guttatus in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed on December 22 of 2008.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings on Catharus guttatus in the Internet Bird Collection