Russet Nightingale-Thrush

Catharus occidentalis

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Turdidae
Genus
Catharus
eBird Code
runthr1

Subspecies (4)

  • Catharus occidentalis fulvescens

    south-central Mexico, from southern Jalisco eastward to Hidalgo and southward to Guerrero and east-central Puebla

  • Catharus occidentalis lambi

    central Mexico, from Durango southward to northwestern Jalisco, and from southeastern Coahuila and southwestern Tamaulipas southward to northeastern Guanajuato and northwestern Puebla

  • Catharus occidentalis occidentalis

    central and eastern Oaxaca, Mexico

  • Catharus occidentalis olivascens

    mountains of northwestern Mexico (far southern Sonora, northern Sinaloa, and western Chihuahua)

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.