wood thrush

noun

: a large woodland thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) of eastern North America that is rusty brown on the head and back, has white underparts marked with large black spots, and is noted for its loud clear song

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On the right, a wood thrush is perched on the branch of a spicebush while a spicebush swallowtail flies overhead. —

Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024 In fall, the wood thrush eats the red berries before migrating to the Gulf of Mexico. —

Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024 The wood thrush, whose heralded song is often said to sound like a flute, breeds throughout the eastern United States, but its population has plummeted over the last half century. —

Emily Anthes, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023 Along the path hops a tiny wood thrush, the official bird of Washington, D.C. —

Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for wood thrush