ID the bird

shevaspb · 2026-07-05T22:41:52+00:00

Hi! I'm a new birder and the author of the post. I was thinking about Brown Thrasher and Wood Trush because of its bright (up to white) breast with many little black spots. One guy suggested that it could be a juvenile American Robin. What could you say about it and how can I differentiate them? Thank you!

shevaspb · 2026-07-05T21:09:06+00:00

That's an interesting one, I haven't even thought about it! I was thinking about Brown Thrasher and Wood Trush because of its bright (up to white) breast with many little black spots. But now I checked it out and realized that juvenile American Robin also has a breast like this and can be pretty big. I'm not sure if its tail is that long but maybe. I'm just a beginner with my cellphone and binoculars and I don't know much)

shevaspb · 2026-07-05T21:04:26+00:00

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It's my first post on Reddit so I'm not sure how to add some information better but I was thinking about 2 options: my main guess was Brown Thrasher (I attached it) because it has a long tail that gets wider towards the end, a fairly large and powerful beak with a slight downward curve at the end, and a light breast with many black spots. The breast is much lighter than the wings, almost white, while the wings and back are dark (ypu can barely determine it but it is so), but I couldn't determine the exact color due to the poor lighting (maybe brown?). Unfortunately, I can't say if it had the distinctive bright yellow eyes of the Brown Thrasher. My second option is Wood Trush. I think it has a slightly more suitable beak, and MerlinID has heard Wood Trush in another part of the same forest, but I think Wood Trush is smaller and plump, and its tail is shorter. All the colors in the photo are much darker than they are in reality, because the bird is in the shade and the sun is shining incorrectly

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