Biology:List of thrush species

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Thrushes and allies form the passerine bird family Turdidae. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes 175 species of thrushes. Eighty-eight of them are in genus Turdus and the rest are distributed among 15 other genera. This list includes three extinct species that are marked (X).

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

Common name	Binomial name + authority	IOC sequence
Grandala	Grandala coelicolor Hodgson, 1843	1
Mountain bluebird	Sialia currucoides (Bechstein, 1798)	2
Western bluebird	Sialia mexicana Swainson, 1832	3
Eastern bluebird	Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758)	4
Finsch's rufous thrush	Stizorhina finschi (Sharpe, 1870)	5
Fraser's rufous thrush	Stizorhina fraseri (Strickland, 1844)	6
White-tailed ant thrush	Neocossyphus poensis (Strickland, 1844)	7
Red-tailed ant thrush	Neocossyphus rufus (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884)	8
Boulder chat	Pinarornis plumosus Sharpe, 1876	9
Brown-backed solitaire	Myadestes occidentalis Stejneger, 1882	10
Slate-colored solitaire	Myadestes unicolor Sclater, PL, 1857	11
Townsend's solitaire	Myadestes townsendi (Audubon, 1838)	12
Kamao (X)	Myadestes myadestinus (Stejneger, 1887)	13
Puaiohi	Myadestes palmeri (Rothschild, 1893)	14
Olomao	Myadestes lanaiensis (Wilson, SB, 1891)	15
Omao	Myadestes obscurus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)	16
Cuban solitaire	Myadestes elisabeth (Lembeye, 1850)	17
Rufous-throated solitaire	Myadestes genibarbis Swainson, 1838	18
Black-faced solitaire	Myadestes melanops Salvin, 1865	19
Varied solitaire	Myadestes coloratus Nelson, 1912	20
Andean solitaire	Myadestes ralloides (d'Orbigny, 1840)	21
Fruithunter	Chlamydochaera jefferyi Sharpe, 1887	22
Purple cochoa	Cochoa purpurea Hodgson, 1836	23
Green cochoa	Cochoa viridis Hodgson, 1836	24
Sumatran cochoa	Cochoa beccarii Salvadori, 1879	25
Javan cochoa	Cochoa azurea (Temminck, 1824)	26
Varied thrush	Ixoreus naevius (Gmelin, JF, 1789)	27
Aztec thrush	Ridgwayia pinicola (Sclater, PL, 1859)	28
Rufous-brown solitaire	Cichlopsis leucogenys Cabanis, 1851	29
Black solitaire	Entomodestes coracinus (Berlepsch, 1897)	30
White-eared solitaire	Entomodestes leucotis (Tschudi, 1844)	31
Wood thrush	Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin, JF, 1789)	32
Yellow-throated nightingale-thrush	Catharus dryas (Gould, 1855)	33
Speckled nightingale-thrush	Catharus maculatus (Sclater, PL, 1858)	34
Orange-billed nightingale-thrush	Catharus aurantiirostris (Hartlaub, 1850)	35
Black-headed nightingale-thrush	Catharus mexicanus (Bonaparte, 1856)	36
Slaty-backed nightingale-thrush	Catharus fuscater (Lafresnaye, 1845)	37
Swainson's thrush	Catharus ustulatus (Nuttall, 1840)	38
Black-billed nightingale-thrush	Catharus gracilirostris Salvin, 1865	39
Hermit thrush	Catharus guttatus (Pallas, 1811)	40
Russet nightingale-thrush	Catharus occidentalis Sclater, PL, 1859	41
Ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush	Catharus frantzii Cabanis, 1861	42
Grey-cheeked thrush	Catharus minimus (Lafresnaye, 1848)	43
Bicknell's thrush	Catharus bicknelli (Ridgway, 1882)	44
Veery	Catharus fuscescens (Stephens, 1817)	45
Long-tailed thrush	Zoothera dixoni (Seebohm, 1881)	46
Alpine thrush	Zoothera mollissima (Blyth, 1842)	47
Himalayan thrush	Zoothera salimalii Alström, Rasmussen, Zhao J, Xu J, Dalvi, Cai T, Guan Y, Zhang R, Kalyakin, Lei F & Olsson, 2016	48
Sichuan thrush	Zoothera griseiceps (Delacour, 1930)	49
Long-billed thrush	Zoothera monticola Vigors, 1832	50
Geomalia	Zoothera heinrichi (Stresemann, 1931)	51
Dark-sided thrush	Zoothera marginata Blyth, 1847	52
Everett's thrush	Zoothera everetti (Sharpe, 1892)	53
Sunda thrush	Zoothera andromedae (Temminck, 1826)	54
White's thrush	Zoothera aurea (Holandre, 1825)	55
Scaly thrush	Zoothera dauma (Latham, 1790)	56
Nilgiri thrush	Zoothera neilgherriensis (Blyth, 1847)	57
Sri Lanka thrush	Zoothera imbricata Layard, EL, 1854	58
Amami thrush	Zoothera major (Ogawa, 1905)	59
Bonin thrush (X)	Zoothera terrestris (Kittlitz, 1830)	60
Guadalcanal thrush	Zoothera turipavae Cain & Galbraith, ICJ, 1955	61
Makira thrush	Zoothera margaretae (Mayr, 1935)	62
Russet-tailed thrush	Zoothera heinei (Cabanis, 1851)	63
Fawn-breasted thrush	Zoothera machiki (Forbes, HO, 1884)	64
Bassian thrush	Zoothera lunulata (Latham, 1801)	65
Black-backed thrush	Zoothera talaseae (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1926)	66
Siberian thrush	Geokichla sibirica (Pallas, 1776)	67
Pied thrush	Geokichla wardii (Blyth, 1843)	68
Grey ground thrush	Geokichla princei (Sharpe, 1874)	69
Black-eared ground thrush	Geokichla camaronensis Sharpe, 1905	70
Spotted ground thrush	Geokichla guttata (Vigors, 1831)	71
Spot-winged thrush	Geokichla spiloptera (Blyth, 1847)	72
Crossley's ground thrush	Geokichla crossleyi (Sharpe, 1871)	73
Abyssinian ground thrush	Geokichla piaggiae (Bouvier, 1877)	74
Oberländer's ground thrush	Geokichla oberlaenderi Sassi, 1914	75
Orange ground thrush	Geokichla gurneyi (Hartlaub, 1864)	76
Orange-headed thrush	Geokichla citrina (Latham, 1790)	77
Buru thrush	Geokichla dumasi Rothschild, 1899	78
Seram thrush	Geokichla joiceyi (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1921)	79
Orange-sided thrush	Geokichla peronii (Vieillot, 1818)	80
Slaty-backed thrush	Geokichla schistacea Meyer, AB, 1884	81
Chestnut-capped thrush	Geokichla interpres (Temminck, 1828)	82
Enggano thrush	Geokichla leucolaema Salvadori, 1892	83
Chestnut-backed thrush	Geokichla dohertyi Hartert, EJO, 1896	84
Ashy thrush	Geokichla cinerea Bourns & Worcester, 1894	85
Red-backed thrush	Geokichla erythronota Sclater, PL, 1859	86
Red-and-black thrush	Geokichla mendeni (Neumann, 1939)	87
Ethiopian thrush	Turdus simensis (Rüppell, 1837)	88
Groundscraper thrush	Turdus litsitsirupa (Smith, A, 1836)	89
Chinese thrush	Turdus mupinensis Laubmann, 1920	90
Song thrush	Turdus philomelos Brehm, CL, 1831	91
Mistle thrush	Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus, 1758	92
African thrush	Turdus pelios Bonaparte, 1850	93
Principe thrush	Turdus xanthorhynchus Salvadori, 1901	94
Sao Tome thrush	Turdus olivaceofuscus Hartlaub, 1852	95
Abyssinian thrush	Turdus abyssinicus Gmelin, JF, 1789	96
Taita thrush	Turdus helleri (Mearns, 1913)	97
Usambara thrush	Turdus roehli Reichenow, 1905	98
Olive thrush	Turdus olivaceus Linnaeus, 1766	99
Kurrichane thrush	Turdus libonyana (Smith, A, 1836)	100
Comoro thrush	Turdus bewsheri Newton, E, 1877	101
Bare-eyed thrush	Turdus tephronotus Cabanis, 1878	102
Karoo thrush	Turdus smithi Bonaparte, 1850	103
Somali thrush	Turdus ludoviciae (Lort Phillips, 1895)	104
Chinese blackbird	Turdus mandarinus Bonaparte, 1850	105
Redwing	Turdus iliacus Linnaeus, 1758	106
Common blackbird	Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758	107
Yemen thrush	Turdus menachensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1913	108
Taiwan thrush	Turdus niveiceps (Hellmayr, 1919)	109
Grey-winged blackbird	Turdus boulboul (Latham, 1790)	110
Indian blackbird	Turdus simillimus Jerdon, 1839	111
Tickell's thrush	Turdus unicolor Tickell, 1833	112
Black-breasted thrush	Turdus dissimilis Blyth, 1847	113
Japanese thrush	Turdus cardis Temminck, 1831	114
Grey-backed thrush	Turdus hortulorum Sclater, PL, 1863	115
Eyebrowed thrush	Turdus obscurus Gmelin, JF, 1789	116
Pale thrush	Turdus pallidus Gmelin, JF, 1789	117
Grey-sided thrush	Turdus feae (Salvadori, 1887)	187
Brown-headed thrush	Turdus chrysolaus Temminck, 1832	119
Izu thrush	Turdus celaenops Stejneger, 1887	120
Island thrush	Turdus poliocephalus Latham, 1801	121
Tibetan blackbird	Turdus maximus (Seebohm, 1881)	122
White-backed thrush	Turdus kessleri (Przevalski, 1876)	123
Fieldfare	Turdus pilaris Linnaeus, 1758	124
Ring ouzel	Turdus torquatus Linnaeus, 1758	125
Black-throated thrush	Turdus atrogularis Jarocki, 1819	126
Red-throated thrush	Turdus ruficollis Pallas, 1776	127
Dusky thrush	Turdus eunomus Temminck, 1831	128
Naumann's thrush	Turdus naumanni Temminck, 1820	129
Chestnut thrush	Turdus rubrocanus Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847	130
White-collared blackbird	Turdus albocinctus Royle, 1840	131
Sulawesi thrush	Turdus turdoides (Hartert, EJO, 1896)	132
American robin	Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766	133
Black thrush	Turdus infuscatus (Lafresnaye, 1844)	134
Rufous-collared thrush	Turdus rufitorques Hartlaub, 1844	135
Sooty thrush	Turdus nigrescens Cabanis, 1861	136
Red-legged thrush	Turdus plumbeus Linnaeus, 1758	137
Grand Cayman thrush (X)	Turdus ravidus (Cory, 1886)	138
White-chinned thrush	Turdus aurantius Gmelin, JF, 1789	139
Forest thrush	Turdus lherminieri Lafresnaye, 1844	140
Mountain thrush	Turdus plebejus Cabanis, 1861	141
Pale-eyed thrush	Turdus leucops Taczanowski, 1877	142
White-eyed thrush	Turdus jamaicensis Gmelin, JF, 1789	143
La Selle thrush	Turdus swalesi (Wetmore, 1927)	144
Chestnut-bellied thrush	Turdus fulviventris Sclater, PL, 1858	145
Plumbeous-backed thrush	Turdus reevei Lawrence, 1869	146
Chiguanco thrush	Turdus chiguanco d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837	147
Andean slaty thrush	Turdus nigriceps Cabanis, 1874	148
Glossy-black thrush	Turdus serranus Tschudi, 1844	149
Black-hooded thrush	Turdus olivater (Lafresnaye, 1848)	150
Great thrush	Turdus fuscater d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837	151
Austral thrush	Turdus falcklandii Quoy & Gaimard, 1824	152
Lawrence's thrush	Turdus lawrencii Coues, 1880	153
Pantepui thrush	Turdus murinus Salvin, 1885	154
Blacksmith thrush	Turdus subalaris (Seebohm, 1887)	155
Creamy-bellied thrush	Turdus amaurochalinus Cabanis, 1851	156
Tristan thrush	Turdus eremita (Gould, 1855)	157
Maranon thrush	Turdus maranonicus Taczanowski, 1880	158
Black-billed thrush	Turdus ignobilis Sclater, PL, 1858	159
Campina thrush	Turdus arthuri (Chubb, C, 1914)	160
Yellow-legged thrush	Turdus flavipes Vieillot, 1818	161
White-throated thrush	Turdus assimilis Cabanis, 1851	162
Dagua thrush	Turdus daguae Berlepsch, 1897	163
White-necked thrush	Turdus albicollis Vieillot, 1818	164
Rufous-backed thrush	Turdus rufopalliatus Lafresnaye, 1840	165
Pale-vented thrush	Turdus obsoletus Lawrence, 1862	166
Pale-breasted thrush	Turdus leucomelas Vieillot, 1818	167
Cocoa thrush	Turdus fumigatus Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823	168
Hauxwell's thrush	Turdus hauxwelli Lawrence, 1869	169
Rufous-bellied thrush	Turdus rufiventris Vieillot, 1818	170
Clay-colored thrush	Turdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838	171
Spectacled thrush	Turdus nudigenis Lafresnaye, 1848	172
Ecuadorian thrush	Turdus maculirostris Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884	173
Varzea thrush	Turdus sanchezorum O'Neill, Lane & Naka, 2011	174
Unicolored thrush	Turdus haplochrous Todd, 1931	175