Catharus dryas
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The yellow-throated nightingale-thrush or Gould's nightingale-thrush (Catharus dryas) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, the thrushes and allies. It is found from Mexico to Nicaragua. The yellow-throated nightingale-thrush was originally described in 1855 as Malacochicla dryas. The two subspecies of what is now the speckled nightingale-thrush (Catharus maculatus), also called Sclater's nightingale-thrush, were long treated as subspecies of the reassigned Catharus dryas. Together they were called the spotted nightingale-thrush. Following a study of the species' vocalizations published in 2017, taxonomic systems began separating them.
The further taxonomy of the yellow-throated nightingale-thrush is unsettled. The IOC, AviList, and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World assign it these three subspecies: This article follows the three-subspecies model.
The yellow-throated nightingale-thrush is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to... Wikipedia →
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Mexico · 2015
© Richard E. Webster · XC335815 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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Honduras · 2013
© Carlos Funes · XC185905 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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Ecuador · 2023
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Celaque National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush sighting in Celaque National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 170th most-seen of the 193 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush in Celaque National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and August–April, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush sightings, Celaque National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in El Triunfo (Mexico, about 30%).
Same genus: Catharus
The closest relatives of the Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush that you can see in Celaque National Park (genus Catharus, Brown Thrushes and Nightingale-Thrushes) are Swainson's Thrush (about 10%) and Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Celaque National Park (6 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
