Bicknell's Thrush Identification

The Four Keys to ID

• Size & Shape

  A small thrush, with straight, rather short bill and medium-length tail.

  Relative Size

  Larger than a Tufted Titmouse, a bit smaller than an Eastern Bluebird.

  between sparrow and robin

  Measurements

  • Both Sexes
  • • Length: 6.3-6.7 in (16-17 cm)
    • Weight: 0.9-1.1 oz (26-30 g)
    • Wingspan: 11.0-11.8 in (28-30 cm)

  © Simon Boivin / Macaulay Library

• Color Pattern

  Brown above with a plain grayish face and no eyering; paler below, with grayish brown flanks and dark spotting in the throat and breast. The tail has a slightly reddish tint.

• Behavior

  Mostly terrestrial, hopping on the ground in search of invertebrates and fallen fruit, but they also feed on insects and fruit in undergrowth and trees.
• Habitat

  Breeds in disturbed or stunted mountaintop forests of New England and northeastern Canada. Winters in wet montane forest in the Greater Antilles. On migration uses many types of woodland, usually with dense understory or undergrowth.