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Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus   [Pallas, 1811]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae
BTO Codes: , HERTH EURING No: 11760
Number in Britain: Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: Not evaluated
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: undetermined recorded in Britain (of 9 subsp. in the world)
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Length: 17 cm Wingspan: 27 cm Weight: M/F: 30 g    
Scientific name from: Gr.: katharos=pure, clear and L.: guttatus=spotted
World Distribution: BREEDS: n&w North America, WINTERS: US & Bahamas
Habitat: Mixed forest
Diet: Invertebrates and fruit
TitBit: East of the Rocky Mountains the Hermit Thrush usually nests on the ground. In the West, it is more likely to nest in trees.  
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Fair Isle, 1975 (Broad, R.A. 1979. 72:414-417)
Total Number of Records (1950-2007): 7 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Shetland (1998),
   North-east England:
   North-west England:
   English Midlands:
   Eastern England: Essex (1994),
   South-east England:
   South-west England: Isles of Scilly (1993),
   Wales:

Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC
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Other Names
Gaelic: Welsh:
Danish: Eremitdrossel Dutch: Heremietlijster
Finnish: Erakkorastas French: Grive solitaire
German: Einsiedlerdrossel Hungarian: Remeterigó
Icelandic: Dulþröstur Irish:
Italian: Tordo eremita Norwegian: Eremittskogtrost
Polish: Drozdek samotny Portuguese: Tordo-solitario
Spanish: Zorzal cinchado Swedish: Eremitskostrast
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.24, June 2009). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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