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Bicknell's thrush (scientific name, Catharus bicknelli) is one of the rarest birds to inhabit the high elevation forests of the Adirondacks (it also lives in selected other parts of the northeastern United States and southern Canada). Scientists estimate the entire population to be fewer than 100,000; 95 percent of which spends the winter on the Caribbean Island of Hispaniola. These birds face pressures, primarily from deforestation, at both ends of their range and the population has been in decline.
Called Bicknell's thrush since 1881, and for more than a century considered a sub-species of the gray-cheeked thrush, this songbird was recognized as a separate species in 1995. Quickly thereafter, it gained another, albeit less desirable, distinction: one of the most at-risk species in the region due to threats such as deforestation and climate change.
Now, in 2012, it is being considered for endangered species status by the federal government.
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Called Bicknell's thrush since 1881, and for more than a century considered a sub-species of the gray-cheeked thrush, this songbird was recognized as a separate species in 1995. Quickly thereafter, it gained another, albeit less desirable, distinction: one of the most at-risk species in the region due to threats such as deforestation and climate change.
Now, in 2012, it is being considered for endangered species status by the federal government.
Continued: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-brown/bicknells-thrush_b_1877367.html
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