Thrushes in Canada
Our list for Canada has 10 thrushes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 5 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Canada in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantRare22–27 cmRegularly Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Feb–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