Hermit Thrush [1] , or the mottled American Thrush [1] ( lat. Catharus guttatus ) is a songbird of the blackbird family .
| Hermit Thrush |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Infrastructure : | Passerida |
| Superfamily : | Muscicapoidea |
| Gender: | Short-billed Blackbirds |
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| International scientific name |
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Catharus guttatus ( Pallas , 1811 ) |
| Security status |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 22708667 |
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Hermit thrush 18 cm long, plumage color on the upper side and on the sides is olive-green, and on the underside is yellow-brown with dark spots on the chest. Other signs are a reddish tail and white circles under the eyes. The beauty of slow, downward singing, often performed on the treetops, is noteworthy.
Hermit Thrush is a summer bird in the northern forests and wooded mountains of North America that migrates for the winter to Central America to Guatemala .
The Hermit Thrush is looking for bugs, wasps and flies on the ground or among plants. Fruits, especially berries, complement nutrition.
During the current, the male occupies a section into which only females ready for pairing can penetrate. They build a compact, massive bowl-shaped nest of plant material and moss usually on the ground under a coniferous tree and lay 3 to 6 eggs. The male feeds the female and helps in feeding the chicks, which become independent after about 12 days. Often parents nest for the second time. Often, a brown-headed cow corpse tries to lay an egg in the nest of the hermit thrush, which he often does not notice and, as a result, raises another's chick.
Hermit Thrush is the official symbol of Vermont .
- ↑ 1 2 Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., RUSSO, 1994. - 845 p. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
- Colin Harrison & Alan Greensmith: Vögel. Dorling Kindersley Limited, London 1993,2000, ISBN 3-8310-0785-3
- Bryan Richard: Vögel. Parragon, Bath, ISBN 1-4054-5506-3
