Thrushes in Utah
Our list for Utah has 6 thrushes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 3 summer visitors and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Utah in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentRare20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisScarceRare16–21 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Hermit Thrush 14–18 cm
- Mountain Bluebird 15–18 cm
- Swainson's Thrush 16–20 cm
- Eastern Bluebird 16–21 cm
- Varied Thrush 20–26 cm
- American Robin 20–28 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: 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