Thrushes in South Dakota
Our list for South Dakota has 8 thrushes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 4 summer visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in South Dakota in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusScarceRare20–26 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