Thrushes in Ontario
Our list for Ontario has 8 thrushes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 3 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ontario in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorRare20–26 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made