Varied Thrush
Ixoreus naevius
Synopsis: Breeds widely in older montane forests from the Cascade crest westward, and in coniferous coastal lowlands. Also breeds locally in the Siskiyou and Wallowa Mountains, and in the highest portions of the Blue Mountains. Most notable are the records from the margins of the Willamette Valley and from the southern coast.

Habitat Associations:
strongest
True Fir-Hemlock Montane Forest (1497451 acres)
Douglas Fir-W. Hemlock-W. Red Cedar Forest (6209822 acres)
strong
Mountain Hemlock Montane Forest (329726 acres)
Douglas Fir-Port Orford Cedar Forest (159742 acres)
Douglas Fir-Mixed Deciduous Forest (2934 acres)
Douglas Fir dominant - Mixed Conifer Forest (2092363 acres)
some
Sitka Spruce-W. Hemlock Maritime Forest (365114 acres)
Northeast Mixed Conifer Forest (1476313 acres)
Subalpine Fir-Lodgepole Pine Montane Conifer (539433 acres)
Ponderosa Pine Forest/Woodland (1358540 acres)
Red Alder (124617 acres)
Mixed Conifer/Mixed Deciduous Forest (1161211 acres)
Edges of Recently Cutover/Burnt Forest (1372290 acres)
lesser
Shasta Red Fir-Mountain Hemlock Forest (33314 acres)
Jeffery Pine Forest/Woodland (33356 acres)
Lodgepole Pine Forest/Woodland (131757 acres)
Western Oregon Riverine Woodland (20187 acres)

Relative Detectability: Easy to detect by its distinctive song, but difficult to confirm.

Challenge: Determine if the species nests anywhere in Wheeler, Morrow, southern Umatilla, or eastern Lake County, and more widely than shown in Curry, Josephine, Jackson, eastern Klamath, southern Deschutes, western Grant, and western Baker Counties.