The Wood Thrush

Common Name: Wood Thrush

Scientific Name: Hylocichla mustelina

Habitat: Breeds in the interior and edges of deciduous and mixed forests, generally in cool, moist sites, often near water.Requires moderate to dense understory and shrub density with a lot of shade, moist soil, and decaying leaf litter. Shows much variation in habitat use, from mature deciduous forests in the Southeast, to shrubby second-growth forests and suburban parks in the Northeast to riparian habitats in the Great Plains. Winters in lowland tropical forests. Most numerous in interior understory of tropical primary, closed-canopy, semi-evergreen, broad-leaved, and mixed palm forests at 50-1000 m elevation.

Range: The Wood Thrush summers in the Eastern United States and winters in South America

Interesting Fact: Wood Thrushes may raise more than one brood each season. When the first brood fledges, both parents feed all the young, but when the last brood fledges, they divide the work, each one caring for half the brood.

Source: Cornell, University (2009). Wood Thrush. Retrieved April 17, 2009, from All About Birds Web site: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wood_Thrush/id

Picture retrieved from: http://www.learnbirdsongs.com/images/wood-thrushwtmk.jpg