Hermit Thrush

Catharus guttatus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Turdidae
Genus
Catharus
eBird Code
herthr

Subspecies (8)

  • Catharus guttatus auduboni

    breeds Rocky Mountains of southwestern USA to New Mexico; winters to Guatemala

  • Catharus guttatus crymophilus

    breeds Newfoundland; winters to southeastern USA

  • Catharus guttatus faxoni

    breeds Yukon and northern Canada to eastern USA; winters to Florida

  • Catharus guttatus guttatus

    breeds Alaskan Peninsula to southwestern Canada; winters to central Mexico

  • Catharus guttatus nanus

    breeds southeastern Alaska and coastal western Canada; winters to western USA and northwestern Mexico

  • Catharus guttatus polionotus

    breeds eastern Washington to east-central California, Nevada, and southwestern Utah

  • Catharus guttatus sequoiensis

    breeds Sierra Nevada of California and western Nevada, with an isolated population in northern Baja California; winters to northern Mexico

  • Catharus guttatus slevini

    breeds Washington and Oregon to central California; winters to northwestern Mexico

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.