Gray-cheeked Thrush
Catharus minimus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTurdidae (Túrdids)
- GenusCatharus (Brown Thrushes and Nightingale-Thrushes)
- SpeciesCatharus minimus (Gray-cheeked Thrush)
The gray-cheeked thrush (Catharus minimus) is a medium-sized thrush. This species is 15–17 cm (5.9–6.7 in) in length, and has the white-dark-white underwing pattern characteristic of Catharus thrushes. It is a member of a close-knit group of migrant species together with the veery and Bicknell's thrush; it forms a cryptic species pair with the latter. The gray-cheeked thrush is all but indistinguishable from Bicknell's thrush except by its slightly larger size and different song. The two were formerly considered conspecific. Of all the American spotted thrushes, the gray-cheeked has the most northern breeding range. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-cheeked Thrush sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park, based on 10 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Brownsberg Nature Park
White-necked Thrush
Turdus albicollis
Pale-breasted Thrush
Turdus leucomelas
Bare-eyed Thrush
Turdus nudigenis
Cocoa Thrush
Turdus fumigatus
Purple Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes caeruleus
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Guianan Warbling-Antbird
Hypocnemis cantator
White-fronted Manakin
Lepidothrix serena
Mouse-colored Antshrike
Thamnophilus murinus
Green Oropendola
Psarocolius viridis
Screaming Piha
Lipaugus vociferans
Gray Antbird
Cercomacra cinerascens
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Gray-cheeked Thrush in Brownsberg Nature Park?
About 4% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-cheeked Thrush sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park, based on 10 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Gray-cheeked Thrush in Brownsberg Nature Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Gray-cheeked Thrush in Brownsberg Nature Park in our monthly data.