Thrushes in Minnesota
Our list for Minnesota has 8 thrushes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 4 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Minnesota 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 sialisSummer visitorCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesScarceUncommon15–18 cm
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