grey-cheeked thrush (Catharus minimus) Subject : Turdus minimus (now Catharus minimus) and dahoon holly (Ilex cassine)
Author : Mark Catesby (v. 1679-1749) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mark_Catesby
Source : The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants. Vol I.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turdus_minimus_Catesby.jpg
The grey-cheeked thrush (Catharus minimus) is a medium-sized thrush. This species is 15–17 cm in length, and has the white-dark-white underwing pattern characteristic of Catharus thrushes. It is a member of a close-knit group of migrant species together with the veery and Bicknell's thrush; it forms a cryptic species pair with the latter. The grey-cheeked thrush is all but indistinguishable from Bicknell's thrush except by its slightly larger size and different song. The two were formerly considered conspecific. Order: Passeriformes, Family: Turdidae, Genus: Catharus, Species: Catharus minimus (Lafresnaye, 1848), Synonyms: Hylocichla aliciae.