Birds Guide

Thrushes
Hermit Thrush
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia   Phylum: Chordata   Class: Aves   Order: Passeriformes   Family: Turdidae
Genera
22 genera, see text

See also other birds with Thrush in their name: Waterthrush, Shrike-thrush, Thrush Nightingale

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 the 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
      Red-and-black Thrush, Zoothera mendeni
      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 Conservation status: Extinct
  • Genus Catharus, typical 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
    • Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina
  • 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
    • Eastern Bluebird, Sialia sialis
      Western Bluebird, Sialia mexicana
      Mountain Bluebird, Sialia currucoides
  • 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
      †ʻĀmaui, Myadestes woahensis Conservation status: Extinct (mid-19th century)
      †Kāmaʻo, Myadestes myadestinus Conservation status: Extinct (mid-1990s)
      Olomaʻo, Myadestes lanaiensis - probably extinct (1980s)
      ʻŌmaʻo, 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.

External links

• Thrush videos on the Internet Bird Collection