Thrushes (Family: Turdidae)

The Thrushes are a group of perching 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.

The Thrushes are a group of perching birds that occur mainly, but not exclusively, in the Old World.

Description

They are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground.

Many have attractive songs.

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Families / Subspecies

Genus Turdus: True Thrushes

• Blackbird or Common Blackbird, Turdus merula
• Olive Thrush, Turdus olivaceus
• Karoo Thrush, Turdus smithi
• Taita Thrush, Turdus helleri
• Kurrichane Thrush, Turdus libonyana
• Great Thrush, Turdus fuscater
• Red-legged Thrush, Turdus plumbeus
• Island Thrush, Turdus poliocephalus
• Redwing, Turdus iliacus
• African Thrush, Turdus pelios
• Indian Blackbird, Turdus simillimus
• Tibetan Blackbird, Turdus maximus
• Yemen Thrush, Turdus menachensis
• Abyssinian Thrush, Turdus abyssinicus
• Usambara Thrush, Turdus roehli
• Somali Thrush or Somali Blackbird, Turdus ludoviciae
• São Tomé Thrush, Turdus olivaceofuscus
• Príncipe Thrush, Turdus xanthorhynchus
• Grey-backed Thrush, Turdus hortulorum
• Tickell’s Thrush, Turdus unicolor: It is common in open forest in the Himalaya. Populations move further south in India in winter. Tickell’s Thrushes are omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects, earthworms and berries. They nest in bushes or similar. They do not form flocks. Males of this small thrush have uniform blue-grey upperparts, and a whitish belly and vent. Females and young birds have browner upperparts.
• Kessler’s Thrush, Turdus kessleri
• Brown-headed Thrush, Turdus chrysolaus
• Chinese Thrush, Turdus mupinensis
• Chiguanco Thrush, Turdus chiguanco
• Glossy-black Thrush, Turdus serranus
• Pale Thrush, Turdus pallidus
• Grey-sided Thrush, Turdus feae
• Japanese Thrush, Turdus cardis
• Comoros Thrush, Turdus bewsheri
• Bare-eyed Thrush, Turdus tephronotus
• Black-breasted Thrush, Turdus dissimilis
• White-collared Blackbird, Turdus albocinctus
• Ring Ouzel, Turdus torquatus
• Grey-winged Blackbird, Turdus boulboul
• Chestnut Thrush, Turdus rubrocanus
• Eyebrowed Thrush, Turdus obscurus
• Izu Thrush, Turdus celaenops
• Red-throated Thrush or Dark-throated Thrush, Turdus ruficollis
• Black-throated Thrush, Turdus atrogularis
• Naumann’s Thrush, Turdus naumanni
• Dusky Thrush, Turdus eunomus
• Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris
• Song Thrush, Turdus philomelos
• Mistle Thrush, Turdus viscivorus
• Sooty Thrush or Sooty Robin, Turdus nigrescens
• Black Thrush, Turdus infuscatus
• Andean Slaty Thrush, Turdus nigriceps
• Eastern Slaty Thrush, Turdus subalaris
• Black-hooded Thrush, Turdus olivater
• Plumbeous-backed Thrush, Turdus reevei
• Marañón 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 Thrush, 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 Thrush or Clay-colored Robin, Turdus grayi
• Spectacled Thrush, Bare-eyed Thrush or Yellow-eyed Thrush, Turdus nudigenis
• Ecuadorian Thrush, Turdus maculirostris
• Unicolored Thrush, Turdus haplochrous
• Várzea Thrush, Turdus sanchezorum
• White-eyed Thrush, Turdus jamaicensis
• White-throated Thrush, Turdus assimilis
• White-necked Thrush, Turdus albicollis
• Rufous-backed Thrush, Turdus rufopalliatus
• Rufous-collared Thrush, Turdus rufitorques
• American Robin, Turdus migratorius
• La Selle Thrush, Turdus swalesi
• White-chinned Thrush, Turdus aurantius
• Pale-eyed Thrush, Turdus leucops
• Yellow-legged Thrush, Turdus flavipes
• Forest Thrush, Turdus lherminieri

Genus Platycichla

• Pale-eyed Thrush, Platycichla (Turdus) leucops
• Yellow-legged Thrush, Platycichla (Turdus) flavipes

Genus Nesocichla: Tristan Thrush or Starchy

Genus Cichlherminia: Forest Thrush

Genus Psophocichla: Groundscraper Thrush

Genus Zoothera: Asian thrushes

• Orange-headed Thrush, Zoothera citrina
• Siberian Thrush, Zoothera sibirica
• White’s Thrush, Zoothera dauma
• Dark-sided Thrush, Zoothera marginata

Genus Geokichla

• Slaty-backed Thrush, Geokichla schistacea
• Pied Thrush, Geokichla wardii
• Ashy Thrush, Geokichla cinerea
• Orange-sided Thrush, Geokichla peronii
• Orange-headed Thrush, Geokichla citrina
• Spot-winged Thrush, Geokichla spiloptera
• Siberian Thrush, Geokichla sibirica
• Abyssinian Ground Thrush, Geokichla piaggiae
• Crossley’s Ground Thrush, Geokichla crossleyi
• Orange Ground Thrush, Geokichla gurneyi
• Black-eared Ground Thrush, Geokichla cameronensis
• Grey Ground Thrush, Geokichla princei
• Spotted Ground Thrush, Geokichla guttata
• Oberländer’s Ground Thrush, Geokichla oberlaenderi
• Buru Thrush, Geokichla dumasi
• Seram Thrush, Geokichla joiceyi
• Chestnut-capped Thrush, Geokichla interpres
• Enggano Thrush, Geokichla leucolaema
• Red-backed Thrush, Geokichla erythronota
• Red-and-black Thrush, Geokichla mendeni
• Chestnut-backed Thrush, Geokichla dohertyi

Genus Hyocichla: Wood Thrush

Genus Ridgwayia: Aztec Thrush

Genus Ixoreus: Varied Thrush

Genus Geomalia: Geomalia / Sulawesi Mountain-Thrush

Genus Cataponera: Sulawesi Thrush

Genus Sialia: Bluebirds

• Eastern Bluebird, Sialia sialis
• Western Bluebird, Sialia mexicana
• Mountain Bluebird, Sialia currucoides

Genus Grandala

Genus Cichlopsis: Rufous-brown Solitaire

• White-eared Solitaire, Entomodestes leucotis
• Black Solitaire, Entomodestes coracinus

Genus Myadestes: Solitaires

• Townsend’s Solitaire, Myadestes townsendi
• Black-faced Solitaire, Myadestes melanops
• Brown-backed Solitaire, Myadestes occidentalis
• Cuban Solitaire, Myadestes elisabeth
• Varied Solitaire, Myadestes coloratus
• Rufous-throated Solitaire, Myadestes genibarbis
• Slate-coloured Solitaire, Myadestes unicolor
• Andean Solitaire, Myadestes ralloides
• Oloma?o, Myadestes lanaiensis
• ?ma?o, Myadestes obscurus
• Puaiohi or Small Kaua?i Thrush, Myadestes palmeri

Genus Neocossyphus: Rufous Thrushes

Genus Cochoa: Cochoas

Genus Chlamydochaera: Fruithunter

• Black-breasted Fruit-hunter (Chlamydochaera jefferyi)

Genus Alethe: Alethes

• White-tailed Alethe, Alethe diademata
• Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea

Genus Pseudalethe: Alethes

• Brown-chested Alethe, Pseudalethe poliocephala
• Red-throated Alethe, Pseudalethe poliophrys
• Thyolo Alethe, Pseudalethe choloensis
• White-chested Alethe, Pseudalethe fuelleborni

Genus Catharus: Nightingale Thrushes / Typical American Thrushes

• Veery, Willow Thrush or Wilson’s Thrush, Catharus fuscescens
• Grey-cheeked Thrush, Catharus minimus
• Bicknell’s Thrush, Catharus bicknelli
• Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush, Catharus frantzii
• Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush, Catharus gracilirostris
• Hermit Thrush, Catharus guttatus
• Swainson’s Thrush or Olive-backed Thrush, Catharus ustulatus
• Russet Nightingale-Thrush, Catharus occidentalis
• Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush, Catharus aurantiirostris
• Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush, Catharus fuscater
• Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush, Catharus mexicanus
• Spotted Nightingale-Thrush, Catharus dryas