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Aztec Thrush
Ridgwayia pinicola
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About the Aztec Thrush
The Aztec thrush (Ridgwayia pinicola) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found mainly in Mexico, but vagrants are occasionally seen in the United States. Its natural habitat is montane forests. The IUCN Red List denotes it as a least-concern species.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Ridgwayia pinicola
- Family
- Thrushes and Allies
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the thrushes and allies family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Black Thrush Turdus infuscatus
- Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus mexicanus
- Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
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