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 →
Closest Relatives at Chirripó National Park
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
Catharus aurantiirostris
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatus
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush
Catharus fuscater
Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush
Catharus mexicanus
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush
Catharus frantzii
Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush
Catharus gracilirostris
Clay-colored Thrush
Turdus grayi
Black-faced Solitaire
Myadestes melanops
Mountain Thrush
Turdus plebejus
White-throated Thrush
Turdus assimilis
Sooty Thrush
Turdus nigrescens
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Gray-cheeked Thrush at Chirripó National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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