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Catharus fuscescens (Veery)

Synonyms: Turdus fuscescens (homotypic); Turdus spec
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Wikipedia Abstract

The veery (Catharus fuscescens) is a small North American thrush species, a member of a group of closely related and similar species in the genus Catharus, also including the gray-cheeked thrush (C. minimus), Bicknell's thrush (C. bicknelli), Swainson's thrush (C. ustulatus), and Hermit thrush (C. guttatus). Alternate names for this species include Wilson's thrush (named so after Alexander Wilson) and tawny thrush. Up to six subspecies exist, which are grouped into the eastern Veery (C. fuscescens fuscescens), the western Veery or Willow Thrush (C. fuscescens salicicolus), and the Newfoundland Veery (C. fuscescens fuliginosus).
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Infraspecies

Catharus fuscescens fuliginosus
Catharus fuscescens fuscescens
Catharus fuscescens salicicola
Catharus fuscescens subpallidus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
11
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.55665
EDGE Score: 1.51659
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  41 grams
Birth Weight [3]  3.4 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Temperate eastern forests, Boreal forests, Temperate western forests
Wintering Geography [2]  S. American Lowlands
Wintering Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [4]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  50 %
Diet - Seeds [4]  10 %
Forages - Ground [4]  100 %
Clutch Size [6]  4
Clutches / Year [1]  2
Fledging [1]  11 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  12,000,000
Incubation [5]  11 days
Mating System [3]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [5]  10 years
Migration [7]  Intercontinental
Snout to Vent Length [1]  7 inches (18 cm)
Female Maturity [5]  1 year
Male Maturity [5]  1 year

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Psychotria limonensis[8]
Psychotria marginata[8]
Psychotria nervosa (Seminole balsamo)[8]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Catharus ustulatus (Swainson's Thrush)2
Lepidothrix coronata (Blue-crowned Manakin)2
Manacus vitellinus (Golden-collared Manakin)2
Pipra mentalis (Red-capped Manakin)3

Predators

Bubo virginianus (Great Horned Owl)[9]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ceratophyllus diffinis[10]
Ceratophyllus idius[10]
Diplotriaena bargusinica[11]
Molothrus ater (Brown-headed Cowbird)[9]

Range Map

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 6Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 7Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 8Interspecific 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
♦ 9Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 10International Flea Database
♦ 11Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0