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Catharus fuscescens · Family Turdidae

Catharus fuscescens

Family Turdidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Turdidae
GBIF occurrence records
1,451,890
Countries and territories with records
37
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About this species

This species has 1,451,890 occurrence records from 37 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (70.7%) and Canada (28.8%); together they account for 99.5% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.092% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Catharus fuscescens combines the genus name Catharus with the species epithet fuscescens. The Warbla app catalog lists 13 species of the genus Catharus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Catharus guttatus, Catharus ustulatus and Catharus minimus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 155 species of the family Turdidae. This species ranks 12th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Turdus migratorius. Its record count is 2.7 times the family average (532,772). The family Turdidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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