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veery
(redirected from Catharus fuscescens)

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vee·ry  (vîr)
n. pl. vee·ries
A New World thrush (Hylocichla fuscescens) having a reddish-brown head, back, and tail and an indistinctly spotted breast. Also called Wilson's thrush.
[Possibly imitative of its song.]
veery [ˈvɪərɪ]
n pl veeries
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a tawny brown North American thrush, Hylocichla fuscescens, with a slightly spotted grey breast
[probably imitative of its note]
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Noun1.veery - tawny brown North American thrush noted for its songveery - tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song
Hylocichla fuscescens, Wilson's thrush
thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
genus Hylocichla, Hylocichla - American thrush: wood thrush; hermit thrush; veery
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28 Catharus fuscescens -- -- -- -- Catharus ustulatus -- -- -- -- Centurus carolinus 0.
Breeding bird communities in burned and unburned sites in a mature ... by LeBlanc, David C. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
satrapa Lichtenstein, golden- I C crowned kinglet Family Sylviidae (old world warblers) Polioptila caerulea (Linnaeus), I C blue-gray gnatcatcher Family Turdidae (thrushes) Catharus fuscescens (Stephens) I O veery C.
Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana by Minton, Sherman A. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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