#1435 · 🐦 birds

Wood Thrush

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Boslijster ·Hylocichla mustelina

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The wood thrush ( Hylocichla mustelina ) is a North American passerine bird. It is closely related to other thrushes such as the American robin and is widely distributed across North America, wintering in Central America and southern Mexico. The wood thrush is the official bird of the District of Columbia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 20,808iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
20,808 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789 (237 years ago).