Thrushes in Iowa
Our list for Iowa has 8 thrushes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor, 2 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Iowa in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesScarceRare15–18 cm
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusScarceRare20–26 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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