Bicknell's thrush

The Bicknell's thrush (Catharus bicknelli) is a medium-sized thrush, at 17.5 cm (6.9 in) and 28 g (0.99 oz). It was named after Eugene Bicknell, an American amateur ornithologist, who discovered the species on Slide Mountain in the Catskills in the late 19th century.

Description

Bicknell's thrush is just slightly smaller than the other northern migratory Catharus thrushes, with an average length of approximately 17 cm (6.7 in) and a mean weight of 27.8 g (0.98 oz), with a range from 21 to 36.8 g (0.74 to 1.30 oz). The sexes are roughly the same size, although males average slightly larger in wing length. Adults are olive-brown on the upperparts, slightly redder on the tail. The underparts are white with gray on the flanks; the breast is greyish brown with dark spots. They have pink legs, a faint grey eye ring, and gray cheeks. They average slightly smaller than the very similar gray-cheeked thrush but are all but indistinguishable in outward appearance. Together, gray-cheeked and Bicknell's thrush form a cryptic species pair, and were indeed formerly considered conspecific. The song is a jumbled series of flute-like tones ending on a higher note.

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Dying baby birds are becoming an epidemic

Bangor Daily News 19 Jul 2024
I miss the July days I grew up with. Skies were blue. Winds were fair ... When all the data is in, June will be the 13th ... Yes, it does ... Two alpine species Bicknell’s thrush and blackpoll warbler went onto Maine’s Threatened Species list just last year ... ....

I had to go to the top of a mountain for this elusive bird

Bangor Daily News 12 Jul 2024
Bicknell’s thrush is an alpine breeder ... Bicknell’s thrushes inhabit the stunted spruce because they can duck into the impenetrable scrub to elude predators ... I spotted my first Bicknell’s thrush on that same summit two decades ago.

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Bangor Daily News 20 Jun 2024
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Rangeley’s Saddleback Mountain receives BirdSafe Maine award

Lewiston Sun Journal 04 Jun 2024
Saddleback is home to the rare Bicknell’s thrush, a small bird that ...

152 Birds Named After People Will Be Renamed - But How?

Slashdot 04 Feb 2024
There are 152 such "eponymic" names (that is, birds that are named after a specific person, like Bicknell's Thrush) on the AOS' official checklist, and the group is planning to start with between 70 and 80 species predominantly found in the U.S ... .

It's a good thrush

The Ada News 23 Dec 2023
- The Cornell Lab of Ornithology reports that hermit thrushes are part of a genus (Catharus) that includes four other similar thrushes in North America — Swainson’s thrush, gray-cheeked thrush, Bicknell’s thrush, and the very.

Federal government pauses controversial plan for western Maine wildlife refuge

Bangor Daily News 21 Dec 2023
The U.S ... Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, and U.S. Rep ... Casey said in August a High Peaks refuge could protect birds like the Blackburnian warbler and Bicknell’s thrush along with fish such as Atlantic salmon and brook trout ... More articles from the BDN ....

Next year, the names of 80 bird species will change to reflect their personal and ...

The Berkshire Eagle 29 Nov 2023
Wilson’s warbler, Bicknell’s thrush, Bonaparte’s gull, Lincoln’s sparrow, Blackburnian warbler, Barrow’s goldeneye, Ross’s goose. Swainson’s thrush already has a secondary name, the olive-backed thrush which will probably become the official AOS name.

Bombshell dropped on birding community makes perfect sense

Bangor Daily News 09 Nov 2023
Bicknell’s thrush is named after Eugene Bicknell, who collected the first one in the Catskills in the late 19th century. Ironically, poor Bicknell’s namesake was formerly considered only a subspecies ...

Maine lists 8 new species as endangered or threatened

Bangor Daily News 04 Nov 2023
The Margined Tiger Beetle, Bicknell’s Thrush, Blackpoll Warbler, Cliff Swallow and Bank Swallow all are considered threatened due to loss of habitat ... The Bicknell’s Thrush and Blackpoll Warbler occupy ...

Vancouver court challenge claims Canada failed to protect endangered birds

North Shore News 02 Nov 2023
three warblers, two woodpeckers, two piping plovers, the Bicknell’s thrush, the coastal vesper sparrow, the horned grebe, the roseate tern, the Williamson’s sapsucker, yellow-breasted chat, and the eastern whip-poor-will ... .

Rare Bird Alert

Union Leader 28 Oct 2023
yellow-bellied sapsucker, house wren, marsh wren, Bicknell’s thrush, Swainson’s thrush, red-eyed vireo, Tennessee warbler, prairie warbler, northern parula, black-throated green warbler, magnolia ...

Even a birding expert has trouble telling these birds apart

Bangor Daily News 05 Oct 2023
I have been birding since birth. Admittedly, I was more focused on walking, talking and potty-training in the early years. My avian interactions involved a rubber duckie bath toy ... No ... Ummm. OK ... Ditto for Bicknell’s and gray-cheeked thrushes ... ....

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Grand Forks Herald 30 Sep 2023
That leaves four out of the 14 species of North American thrushes. The western bluebird, which nests west of the Rocky Mountains, and Bicknell’s thrush, which nests along the Atlantic coast from Florida to Nova Scotia.

Federal plan for Maine wildlife refuge meets with strong opposition

Bangor Daily News 14 Aug 2023
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