Veery (Catharus fuscescens) - BirdLife species factsheet

Veery Catharus fuscescens

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	8,320,000 km²	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	2,560,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.3 years	-	-	-

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to increased predation by Brown-headed Cowbird together with ongoing habitat destruction and degradation in its wintering range (del Hoyo et al. 2005).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bahamas	extant	native
Belize	extant	native			yes
Bermuda (to UK)	extant	vagrant
Bolivia	extant	native
Brazil	extant	native
Canada	extant	native	yes
Cayman Islands (to UK)	extant	native
Chile	extant	native
Colombia	extant	native
Costa Rica	extant	native		yes
Cuba	extant	native
Dominican Republic	extant	vagrant		yes
French Guiana	extant	native
Guatemala	extant	native
Guyana	extant	native
Haiti	extant	native
Honduras	extant	native
Jamaica	extant	vagrant
Mexico	extant	native
Nicaragua	extant	vagrant			yes
Panama	extant	native
Paraguay	extant	vagrant
Peru	extant	native
Puerto Rico (to USA)	extant	native
St Kitts and Nevis	extant	native			yes
St Pierre and Miquelon (to France)	extant	native			yes
Sweden	extant	vagrant
Trinidad and Tobago	extant	native
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK)	extant	native
United Kingdom	extant	vagrant
USA	extant	native	yes
Venezuela	extant	native
Virgin Islands (to USA)	extant	vagrant

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Temperate	major	breeding
Savanna	Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Altitude	0 - 2500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Veery Catharus fuscescens. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/veery-catharus-fuscescens on 24/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 24/11/2024.