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The Hermit Thrush is a common bird across a wide range of forest types in Canada from the east to the west coast and north beyond the 60th parallel. Populations are monitored on the breeding grounds by the Breeding Bird Survey, and the wintering grounds by the Christmas Bird Count. Considered together, these results indicate a moderate increase in population since 1970. There appear to be few current threats to the species.
As a species that primarily winters in the southern United States, the Hermit Thrush has not encountered the same degree of loss of wintering habitat common to other Catharus thrushes and neotropical migrant songbirds that winter in the Caribbean and South America (Jones and Donovan 1996, Dellinger et al. 2012). Considered a species that prefers forest interiors, the Hermit Thrush may be especially sensitive to loss and fragmentation of its forest habitat. The effects of forest management practices have varied (Jones and Donovan 1996, Dellinger et al. 2012); the local response to forest management may depend on specific practices and forest types for this widely distributed species.
Environment and Climate Change Canada and partners have developed Bird Conservation Region Strategies in each of Canada’s Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs). In these strategies, selected species are identified as priorities for one or more of the following reasons:
Select any of the sub-regions below to view the BCR strategy for additional details.