Catharus dryas
Silhouette: Sharon Wegner-Larsen · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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
© Pancho Sornoza · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Celaque National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush sighting in El Triunfo on a given day, based on 69 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 58th most-seen of the 221 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush in El Triunfo on a given day, against about 10% in May and November–February, the lowest months. That is one of El Triunfo's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain against 420 mm in June. June has too few records to rate.
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.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush sightings, El Triunfo has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Celaque National Park (Honduras, under 5%).
Same genus: Catharus
The closest relatives of the Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush that you can see in El Triunfo (genus Catharus, Brown Thrushes and Nightingale-Thrushes) are Swainson's Thrush (about 30%), Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (about 20%) and Ruddy-capped 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 El Triunfo (69 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.
