Swainson's thrush

American  

noun

1. a North American thrush, Catharus ustulatus, having olive upper parts and wintering south to Argentina.

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Etymology

Origin of Swainson's thrush

Swainson's hawk

Example Sentences

“Swainson’s thrush! Cape May warbler!”

From Washington Post

The Swainson’s thrush has one of the most beautiful songs in our lowland forests, an upwardly winding spiral of complex fluted notes.

From Seattle Times

A long-distance migrant such as a Swainson’s thrush will travel 125 miles a day from as far as the tropical forests of Mexico and Central and South America.

From Seattle Times

In Washington, some of the birds most at risk in a 3 degrees Celsius warming include the rufous hummingbird, the white-crowned sparrow and the Swainson’s thrush.

From Seattle Times

They focused on five different species: the Pacific-slope flycatcher, orange-crowned warbler and Wilson's warbler—all of which have short migrations up and down the coast—and the Swainson's thrush and yellow warbler, which have longer migrations between North and South America.

From Scientific American