Family Thrushes
An uncommon resident of mountain pine forests of Mexico. Quiet and shy, it is easily overlooked despite its striking pattern. Aztec Thrush was never found in our area until the late 1970s, but in recent years one or two have shown up almost annually in mountains near the Mexican border, especially in late summer in southeastern Arizona.

Illustration © David Allen Sibley.
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Text © Kenn Kaufman, adapted from
Lives of North American Birds

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Songs and Calls

A whining “wheerr”, both as call and (louder, repeated) as song.
Audio © Lang Elliott, Bob McGuire, Kevin Colver, Martyn Stewart and others.
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