Turdus assimilis
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In 3 days ~10%
The white-throated thrush (Turdus assimilis) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Mexico and Central America. It also has strayed to the southwestern United States. It previously was called the white-throated robin, a name also used for the Old World species Irania gutturalis.
The white-throated thrush was originally described in 1851 with its current binomial Turdus assimilis. The species' further taxonomy is complicated and as of early 2026 remains unsettled. For much of the twentieth century the white-throated thrush was considered as conspecific with the white-necked thrush (T. albicollis) under the latter English name and binomial. The North American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society (NACC) recognized them as separate species in the first edition of its "Checklist of North American Birds".
BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) split them its Version 0, issued in 2007. What is now the independent South American Classification Committee (SACC) had done so by 2007. By 2018 the IOC had adopted the split and the Clements taxonomy followed in 2025. AviList adopted it in its... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Thrush sighting in Darién National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 344th most-seen of the 397 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Thrush in Darién National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to December, the lowest months. Those are among Darién National Park's driest months, with about 110 mm of rain a month against 450 mm in November.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-throated Thrush sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
17th of 24
Of the 24 parks where we can rate White-throated Thrush sightings, Darién National Park ranks 17th at under 5%. The best odds are in Coiba National Park (Panama, about 50%), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 30%) and El Triunfo (Mexico, about 30%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-throated Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Darién National Park (8 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.
