NCRS - The Changing Midwest Assessment

The Veery, Catharus fuscescens, is a member of the Family Turdidae (Thrushes) that lives and forages on the forest floor. It is more often heard than seen, and has a distinctive song (visit http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i7560id.html and select Song.) It has a thin bill with a pale base, cinnamon upper parts, an indistinct eye ring, buff colored breast with small dark spots, white under parts with gray flanks, and pink legs. Sexes similar. It is similar to other thrushes but has smaller, less extensive spotting on the breast and uniformly light brown upperparts.