The bird, which is widely believed to be a blue rock thrush, is a native of Europe and Asia that has rarely – if ever – been spotted in North America. "I didn't know it was rare but I had ...

no bird that comes to Kentucky is like this.” It might be easy to mistake the varied thrush for “a weird robin,” said O’Carra ...

It also has some rich orange feathering with colors similar to a robin. O’Carra said this is the eighth recorded sighting of a varied thrush in Kentucky, and he said it’s the first time one ...