Thrush (bird)
The Thrushes , family Turdidae , are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively in the Old World .
They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs.
The taxonomic treatment of this large family has varied significantly in recent years. Traditionally it included the small Old World species, like the Nightingale and European Robin in the subfamily Saxicolini, but now often either that group or the whole family is now placed in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae .
This article follows Handbook of Birds of the World with edits from Clement & Hathaway, Thrushes (2000), and retains the large thrushes in Turdidae.
Family Turdidae
Genus Turdus , true thrushes
Blackbird , Turdus merula
Yemen Thrush , Turdus menachensis
Olive Thrush , Turdus olivaceus
Olivaceous Thrush , Turdus olivaceofuscus
Comoro Thrush , Turdus bewsheri
Kurrichane Thrush , Turdus libonyanus
African Thrush , Turdus pelios
African Bare-eyed Thrush , Turdus tephronotus
Grey-backed Thrush , Turdus hortulorum
Tickell's Thrush , Turdus unicolor
Black-breasted Thrush , Turdus dissimilis
Japanese Thrush , Turdus cardis
White-collared Blackbird , Turdus albocinctus
Ring Ouzel , Turdus torquatus
Grey-winged Blackbird , Turdus boulboul
Island Thrush , Turdus poliocephalus
Chestnut Thrush , Turdus rubrocanus
White-backed Thrush , Turdus kessleri
Grey-sided Thrush , Turdus feae
Eyebrowed Thrush , Turdus obscurus
Pale Thrush , Turdus pallidus
Brown-headed Thrush , Turdus chrysolaus
Izu Thrush , Turdus celaenops
Dark-throated Thrush , Turdus atrogularis
Black-throated Thrush , T. a. atrogularis
Red-throated Thrush , T.a. ruficollis
Dusky Thrush , Turdus naumanni
Naumann's Thrush , T. n. naumanni
Dusky Thrush , T. n. eunomus
Fieldfare , Turdus pilaris
Redwing , Turdus iliacus
Song Thrush , Turdus philomelos
Chinese Thrush , Turdus mupinensis
Mistle Thrush , Turdus viscivorus
Red-legged Thrush , Turdus plumbeus
Chiguanco Thrush , Turdus chiguanco
Sooty Robin , Turdus nigrescens
Great Thrush , Turdus fuscater
Black Robin , Turdus infuscatus
Glossy-black Thrush , Turdus serranus
Andean Slaty Thrush , Turdus nigriceps
Eastern Slaty Thrush , Turdus subalaris
Black-hooded Thrush , Turdus olivater
Plumbeous-backed Thrush , Turdus reevei
Maranon Thrush , Turdus maranonicus
Chestnut-bellied Thrush , Turdus fulviventris
Rufous-bellied Thrush , Turdus rufiventris
Austral Thrush , Turdus falcklandii
Pale-breasted Thrush , Turdus leucomelas
Creamy-bellied Thrush , Turdus amaurochalinus
Mountain Robin , Turdus plebejus
Black-billed Thrush , Turdus ignobilis
Lawrence's Thrush , Turdus lawrencii
Cocoa Thrush , Turdus fumigatus
Pale-vented Thrush , Turdus obsoletus
Hauxwell's Thrush , Turdus hauxwelli
Clay-colored Robin , Turdus grayi
Bare-eyed Thrush , Turdus nudigenis
Ecuadorian Thrush , Turdus maculirostris
Unicolored Thrush , Turdus haplochrous
White-eyed Thrush , Turdus jamaicensis
White-throated Thrush , Turdus assimilis
White-necked Thrush , Turdus albicollis
Rufous-backed Robin , Turdus rufopalliatus
Rufous-collared Robin , Turdus rufitorques
American Robin , Turdus migratorius
La Selle Thrush , Turdus swalesi
White-chinned Thrush , Turdus aurantius
Genus Zoothera , Asian thrushes
Slaty-backed Thrush , Zoothera schistacea
Moluccan Thrush , Zoothera dumasi
Chestnut-capped Thrush , Zoothera interpres
Rusty-backed Thrush , Zoothera erythronota
Chestnut-backed Thrush , Zoothera dohertyi
Pied Thrush , Zoothera wardii
Ashy Thrush , Zoothera cinerea
Orange-banded Thrush , Zoothera peronii
Orange-headed Thrush , Zoothera citrina
Everett's Thrush , Zoothera everetti
Siberian Thrush , Zoothera sibirica
Varied Thrush , Zoothera naevia
Aztec Thrush , Zoothera pinicola
Abyssinian Ground Thrush , Zoothera piaggiae
Kivu Ground Thrush , Zoothera tanganjicae
Crossley's Ground Thrush , Zoothera crossleyi
Orange Ground Thrush , Zoothera gurneyi
Oberlaender's Ground Thrush , Zoothera oberlaenderi
Black-eared Ground Thrush , Zoothera cameronensis
Grey Ground Thrush , Zoothera princei
Spotted Ground Thrush , Zoothera guttata
Spot-winged Thrush , Zoothera spiloptera
Sunda Thrush , Zoothera andromedae
Plain-backed Thrush , Zoothera mollissima
Long-tailed Thrush , Zoothera dixoni
White's Thrush or Scaly Thrush, Zoothera dauma
Amami Thrush , Zoothera major
Horsfield's Thrush , Zoothera horsfieldi
Fawn-breasted Thrush , Zoothera machiki
Olive-tailed Thrush , Zoothera lunulata
Russet-tailed Thrush , Zoothera heinei
New Britain Thrush , Zoothera talaseae
San Cristobal Thrush , Zoothera margaretae
Guadalcanal Thrush , Zoothera turipavae
Long-billed Thrush , Zoothera monticola
Dark-sided Thrush , Zoothera marginata
Bonin Islands Thrush , Zoothera terrestris (Extinct )
Genus Catharus , American thrushes
Veery , Catharus fuscescens
Gray-cheeked Thrush , Catharus minimus
Bicknell's Thrush , Catharus bicknelli
Swainson's Thrush , Catharus ustulatus
Hermit Thrush , Catharus guttatus
Orange-billed Nightingale-thrush , Catharus aurantiirostris
Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrush , Catharus fuscater
Russet Nightingale-thrush , Catharus occidentalis
Black-billed Nightingale-thrush , Catharus gracilirostris
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-thrush , Catharus frantzii
Black-headed Nightingale-thrush , Catharus mexicanus
Spotted Nightingale-thrush , Catharus dryas
Genus Hylocichla American thrushes
Genus Monticola , rock thrushes
Forest Rock Thrush , Monticola sharpei
Benson's Rock Thrush , Monticola bensoni
Littoral Rock Thrush , Monticola imerinus
Cape Rock Thrush , Monticola rupestris
Sentinel Rock Thrush , Monticola explorator
Short-toed Rock Thrush , Monticola brevipes
Miombo Rock Thrush , Monticola angolensis
Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush , Monticola saxatilis
Little Rock Thrush , Monticola rufocinereus
Blue-capped Rock Thrush , Monticola cinclorhynchus
White-throated Rock Thrush , Monticola gularis
Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush , Monticola rufiventris
Blue Rock Thrush , Monticola solitarius
Genus Neocossyphus , flycatcher thrushes and ant thrushes
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush , Neocossyphus fraseri
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush , Neocossyphus finschii
Red-tailed Ant-thrush , Neocossyphus rufus
White-tailed Ant-thrush , Neocossyphus poensis
Genus Myophonus , whistling thrushes
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush , Myophonus blighi
Shiny Whistling Thrush , Myophonus melanurus
Sunda Whistling Thrush , Myophonus glaucinus
Malayan Whistling Thrush , Myophonus robinsoni
Malabar Whistling Thrush , Myophonus horsfieldii
Formosan Whistling Thrush , Myophonus insularis
Blue Whistling Thrush , Myophonus caeruleus
Genus Geomalia
Geomalia Geomalia heinrichi
Genus Cataponera
Sulawesi Thrush , Cataponera turdoides
Genus Nesocichla
Tristan Thrush , Nesocichla eremita
Genus Cichlherminia
Forest Thrush , Cichlherminia lherminieri
Genus Sialia , bluebirds
Genus Myadestes , solitaires
Townsend's Solitaire , Myadestes townsendi
Brown-backed Solitaire , Myadestes occidentalis
Cuban Solitaire , Myadestes elisabeth
Rufous-throated Solitaire , Myadestes genibarbis
Black-faced Solitaire , Myadestes melanops
Varied Solitaire , Myadestes coloratus
Slate-colored Solitaire , Myadestes unicolor
Andean Solitaire , Myadestes ralloides
Kamao , Myadestes myadestinus
Olomao , Myadestes lanaiensis
Omao , Myadestes obscurus
Puaiohi , Myadestes palmeri
Genus Cichlopsis , solitaires
Rufous-brown Solitaire , Cichlopsis leucogenys
Genus Entomodestes , solitaires
White-eared Solitaire , Entomodestes leucotis
Black Solitaire , Entomodestes coracinus
Genus Platycichla
Pale-eyed Thrush , Platycichla leucops
Yellow-legged Thrush , Platycichla flavipes
Genus Psophocichla
Groundscraper Thrush , Psophocichla litsipsirupa
Genus Chlamydochaera
Fruit-hunter , Chlamydochaera jefferyi
Genus Brachypteryx , shortwings
Rusty-bellied Shortwing , Brachypteryx hyperythra
Gould's Shortwing , Brachypteryx stellata
White-bellied Shortwing , Brachypteryx major
Lesser Shortwing , Brachypteryx leucophrys
White-browed Shortwing , Brachypteryx montana
Genus Heinrichia , shortwings
Great Shortwing , Heinrichia calligyna
Genus Chaetops , rock-jumpers
Rufous Rock-jumper , Chaetops frenatus
Orange-breasted Rock-jumper , Chaetops aurantius ,
Genus Alethe alethes
Brown-chested Alethe , Alethe poliocephala
Red-throated Alethe , Alethe poliophrys
Cholo Alethe , Alethe choloensis
White-chested Alethe , Alethe fuelleborni
Fire-crested Alethe , Alethe diademata
For species previously in Turdidae, see Muscicapidae and chats .
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