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Catharus ustulatus (Swainson's Thrush; Russet-backed Thrush)

Synonyms: Hylocichla ustulata; Turdus ustulatus (homotypic)
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Wikipedia Abstract

Swainson's thrush (Catharus ustulatus), also called olive-backed thrush, is a medium-sized thrush. It is a member of Catharus genus and is typical of it in terms of its subdued coloration and beautiful voice. Swainson's thrush was named after William Swainson, an English ornithologist. The genus name Catharus comes from the Ancient Greek katharos, "pure or clean" and refers to the plumage of the orange-billed nightingale-thrush C. aurantiirostris. The specific ustuatus is Latin for "burnt", from urere, "to burn".
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Infraspecies

Catharus ustulatus appalachiensis
Catharus ustulatus incanus
Catharus ustulatus oedicus
Catharus ustulatus phillipsi
Catharus ustulatus swainsoni (Swainson's Thrush) (Attributes)
Catharus ustulatus ustulatus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
22
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.15804
EDGE Score: 2.21463
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  30 grams
Birth Weight [3]  4 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Boreal forests, Temperate western forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Central and S. Am. Highlands
Wintering Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical highland forests
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [4]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  60 %
Forages - Understory [4]  50 %
Forages - Ground [4]  50 %
Clutch Size [5]  4
Clutches / Year [3]  1
Fledging [1]  12 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  110,000,000
Incubation [3]  12 days
Mating Display [6]  Ground and non-acrobatic aerial display
Mating System [6]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [3]  11 years
Migration [7]  Intercontinental
Snout to Vent Length [1]  7 inches (18 cm)
Female Maturity [3]  1 year
Male Maturity [3]  1 year

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Prey / Diet Overlap

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Predators

Accipiter cooperii (Cooper's Hawk)[10]
Accipiter striatus (Sharp-shinned Hawk)[13]
Falco columbarius (Merlin)[13]
Lanius excubitor (Northern Shrike)[13]
Strix varia (Barred Owl)[10]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cardiofilaria pavlovskyi[15]
Ceratophyllus diffinis[16]
Dasypsyllus gallinulae perpinnatus[16]
Diplotriaena bargusinica[15]
Molothrus ater (Brown-headed Cowbird)[10]

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Citations

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♦ 8Food niche overlap among neotropical frugivorous bats in Costa Rica, Jorge E. Lopez & Christopher Vaughan, Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol. ISSN-0034-7744) Vol. 55 (1): 301-313, March 2007
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♦ 11Frugivory and Seed Dispersal in Cymbopetalum baillonii (Annonaceae) at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico, Rosamond Coates-Estrada and Alejandro Estrada, Journal of Tropical Ecology Vol. 4, No. 2 (May, 1988), pp. 157-172
♦ 12"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572
♦ 13Making The Forest And Tundra Wildlife Connection
♦ 14Interspecific synchrony and asynchrony in the fruiting phenologies of congeneric bird-dispersed plants in Panama, Poulin, Brigitte, S. Joseph Wright, Gaetan Lefebvre, and Osvaldo Calderon, Journal of Tropical Ecology 15: 213-227, 1999
♦ 15Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 16International Flea Database
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