List of thrush species

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).[1]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2024). "Thrushes". IOC World Bird List. v 14.1. Retrieved January 4, 2024.