Veery

Veery
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Catharus
Species:
C. fuscescens
Binomial name
Catharus fuscescens
(Stephens, 1817)
Veery range
  Breeding range
  Wintering range
Synonyms

Hylocichla fuscescens

The veery (Catharus fuscescens) is a small North American thrush species, a member of a group of closely related and similar species in the genus Catharus, also including the gray-cheeked thrush (C. minimus), Bicknell's thrush (C. bicknelli), Swainson's thrush (C. ustulatus), and hermit thrush (C. guttatus).[2][3] Alternate names for this species include Wilson's thrush (named so after Alexander Wilson[4]) and tawny thrush.[5] Up to six subspecies exist, which are grouped into the eastern veery (C. fuscescens fuscescens), the western veery or willow thrush (C. fuscescens salicicolus), and the Newfoundland veery (C. fuscescens fuliginosus).[6]

The specific name fuscescens is Neo-Latin for "blackish", from Latin fuscus, "dark".[7] The English name may imitate the call.[8]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Catharus fuscescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22708655A131949838. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22708655A131949838.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Winker & Pruett (2006)
  3. ^ "Thrushes". All About Birds. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Wilson's thrush". American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
  5. ^ "John J. Audubon's Birds of America". 2014-11-25.
  6. ^ ""Newfoundland" Veery". Avibase - The World Bird Database. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  7. ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 167. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  8. ^ "Veery". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)