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Common Name

Wood Thrush

Alternate Names

Common Type

Thrush

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Turdidae

Genus

Hylocichla

Species

mustelina

Conservation Status

Near Threatened

Location Photographed

Louisiana, Texas

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Temperate moist deciduous and mixed forests with a moderately dense shrub layer

Distribution and Range

Breeds in eastern U.S. and south eastern Canada, winteers in Central America

Food

Forages on the forest floor for insects and other invetebrates plus some small amphibians and fruit

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Field Notes:

Declined by nearly 50% since 1966. Sometimes does "anting." where a bird will pick up a single ant or group of ants and rub them on its feathers which may provide defensive secretions or some medicinal purposes or it simply supplements the birds' own preen

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