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Veery

Catharus fuscescens (Stephens, 1817)

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The veery (Catharus fuscescens) is a species in the family Turdidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 31.9 g to 43.3 g and live up to 10.1 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
Photo: Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the veery

Weight
31.9 g – 43.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
10.1 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
11.3 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
4src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1.5src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the veery live?

Not recorded

What is the veery?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The veery (Catharus fuscescens) is a small North American thrush species, a member of a group of closely related and similar species in the genus Catharus, also including the gray-cheeked thrush (C. minimus), Bicknell's thrush (C. bicknelli), Swainson's thrush (C. ustulatus), and hermit thrush (C. guttatus). Alternate names for this species include Wilson's thrush (named so after Alexander Wilson) and tawny thrush. Up to six subspecies exist, which are grouped into the eastern veery (C. fuscescens fuscescens), the western veery or willow thrush (C. fuscescens salicicolus), and the Newfoundland veery (C. fuscescens fuliginosus).

The specific name fuscescens is Neo-Latin for "blackish", from Latin fuscus, "dark". The English name may imitate the call.

From the Wikipedia article “Veery” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veery&oldid=1380727574), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the veery sound like?

Maxwell Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the veery endangered?

The veery is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the veery classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyTurdidae
  6. genusCatharus
  7. SpeciesCatharus fuscescens (Stephens, 1817)

Synonyms Hylocichla fuscescens, Hylocichla fuscescens fuscescens, Turdus fuscescens

Other names and names in other languages (60)
  • Tawny thrushEnglish
  • Wilson's thrushEnglish
  • Върбов дроздBulgarian
  • Milc'hwid rousBreton
  • Griveta brunaCatalan
  • griveta canyellaCatalan
  • drozd hnědavýCzech
  • brych llwyd bachWelsh
  • Rustrygget SkovdrosselDanish
  • SkovdrosselDanish
  • WeidenmusendrosselGerman
  • Dickicht-MusendrosselGerman
  • WilsondrosselGerman
  • rusta turdoEsperanto
  • Zorzal CaneloSpanish
  • Zorzal DorsirrojizoSpanish
  • Zorzal Migratorio ColoradoSpanish
  • Zorzal rojizoSpanish
  • Zorzal tropicalSpanish
  • Zorzalito rojizoSpanish
  • väikerästasEstonian
  • viitarastasFinnish
  • ViirirastasFinnish
  • Grive fauveFrench
  • Smólach odharIrish
  • VeereeScottish Gaelic
  • HavíaGuarani
  • Griv palHaitian Creole
  • קיכלי חלוד-גבHebrew
  • kestenjasti drozdCroatian
  • VíriHungarian
  • vörhenyes fülemülerigóHungarian
  • HúmþrösturIcelandic
  • Tordo usignolo brunoItalian
  • ビリアチャツグミJapanese
  • ビリーチャツグミJapanese
  • Trumpasnapis strazdasLithuanian
  • rudagalvis trumpasnapis strazdasLithuanian
  • rūsganais strazdsLatvian
  • VeeryskogstrostNorwegian Bokmål
  • viriskogtrostNorwegian
  • Chuchubi Garganta HelPapiamento
  • drozdek brunatnyPolish
  • tordo-fulvoPortuguese
  • sabiá-norte-americanoPortuguese
  • sabiazinho-norte-americanoPortuguese
  • Tordo-ruivo-americanoPortuguese
  • ВеериRussian
  • Бурый короткоклювый дроздRussian
  • Бурый соловьиный дроздRussian
  • JoranrásttisNorthern Sami
  • drozd hnedkavýSlovak
  • obvodni cikovtnikSlovenian
  • Viri drozdićSerbian
  • rostskogstrastSwedish
  • Esmer ArdıçTurkish
  • Esmer Bülbül ArdıcıTurkish
  • дрізд-короткодзьоб бурийUkrainian
  • 棕夜鸫Chinese
  • 棕色夜鶇Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the veery

Other species in the same genus Catharus.

CompareVeery vs Hermit thrushVeery vs Swainson's thrushVeery vs Gray-cheeked thrushVeery vs Orange-billed nightingale-thrush

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the veery?

An adult veery weighs 31.9 g – 43.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the veery endangered?

The veery is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the veery live?

The veery has a recorded lifespan of 10.1 years.

What kind of animal is the veery?

The veery (Catharus fuscescens) belongs to the family Turdidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Veery (Catharus fuscescens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/veery

MLA

“Veery (Catharus fuscescens).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/veery.

BibTeX
@misc{veery_2026,
  title = {Veery (Catharus fuscescens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/veery},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}