Gray-cheeked Thrush
Catharus minimus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTurdidae (Túrdids)
- GenusCatharus (Brown Thrushes and Nightingale-Thrushes)
- SpeciesCatharus minimus (Gray-cheeked Thrush)
The gray-cheeked thrush (Catharus minimus) is a medium-sized thrush. This species is 15–17 cm (5.9–6.7 in) in length, and has the white-dark-white underwing pattern characteristic of Catharus thrushes. It is a member of a close-knit group of migrant species together with the veery and Bicknell's thrush; it forms a cryptic species pair with the latter. The gray-cheeked thrush is all but indistinguishable from Bicknell's thrush except by its slightly larger size and different song. The two were formerly considered conspecific. Of all the American spotted thrushes, the gray-cheeked has the most northern breeding range. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Calakmul Biosphere Reserve
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatus
Clay-colored Thrush
Turdus grayi
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
Brown Jay
Psilorhinus morio
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnolia
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Melodious Blackbird
Dives dives
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Spot-breasted Wren
Pheugopedius maculipectus
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Gray-cheeked Thrush at Calakmul Biosphere Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there