List of thrush species

Thrushes and allies form the passerine bird family Turdidae. In 2024, the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) accepted 193 species of thrushes,[1] with one more added in 2025.[2] Of these, 105 are in the genus Turdus and the rest are distributed among 15 other genera. This list includes five extinct species that are marked (X).[1][2]

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

Grandala coelicolor
Sialia sialis
Stizorhina fraseri
Neocossyphus rufus
Pinarornis plumosus
Myadestes obscurus
Myadestes ralloides
Chlamydochaera jefferyi
Cochoa viridis
Ixoreus naevius
Ridgwayia pinicola
Entomodestes coracinus
Hylocichla mustelina
Catharus fuscater
Catharus guttatus
Zoothera mollissima
Zoothera aurea
Geokichla sibirica
Geokichla citrina
Turdus philomelos
Turdus torquatus
Turdus migratorius
Common nameBinomial name + authorityIOC sequence
GrandalaGrandala coelicolor Hodgson, 18431
Mountain bluebirdSialia currucoides (Bechstein, 1798)2
Western bluebirdSialia mexicana Swainson, 18323
Eastern bluebirdSialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758)4
Finsch's rufous thrushStizorhina finschi (Sharpe, 1870)5
Fraser's rufous thrushStizorhina fraseri (Strickland, 1844)6
White-tailed ant thrushNeocossyphus poensis (Strickland, 1844)7
Red-tailed ant thrushNeocossyphus rufus (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884)8
Boulder chatPinarornis plumosus Sharpe, 18769
Brown-backed solitaireMyadestes occidentalis Stejneger, 188210
Slate-colored solitaireMyadestes unicolor Sclater, PL, 185711
Townsend's solitaireMyadestes townsendi (Audubon, 1838)12
Kamao (X)Myadestes myadestinus (Stejneger, 1887)13
Amaui (X)Myadestes woahensis (Bloxam, A, 1899)14
OlomaoMyadestes lanaiensis (Wilson, SB, 1891)15
OmaoMyadestes obscurus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)16
PuaiohiMyadestes palmeri (Rothschild, 1893)17
Cuban solitaireMyadestes elisabeth (Lembeye, 1850)18
Rufous-throated solitaireMyadestes genibarbis Swainson, 183819
Black-faced solitaireMyadestes melanops Salvin, 186520
Varied solitaireMyadestes coloratus Nelson, 191221
Andean solitaireMyadestes ralloides (d'Orbigny, 1840)22
FruithunterChlamydochaera jefferyi Sharpe, 188723
Purple cochoaCochoa purpurea Hodgson, 183624
Green cochoaCochoa viridis Hodgson, 183625
Sumatran cochoaCochoa beccarii Salvadori, 187926
Javan cochoaCochoa azurea (Temminck, 1824)27
Varied thrushIxoreus naevius (Gmelin, JF, 1789)28
Aztec thrushRidgwayia pinicola (Sclater, PL, 1859)29
Rufous-brown solitaireCichlopsis leucogenys Cabanis, 185130
Black solitaireEntomodestes coracinus (Berlepsch, 1897)31
White-eared solitaireEntomodestes leucotis (Tschudi, 1844)32
Wood thrushHylocichla mustelina (Gmelin, JF, 1789)33
Yellow-throated nightingale-thrushCatharus dryas (Gould, 1855)34
Speckled nightingale-thrushCatharus maculatus (Sclater, PL, 1858)35
Orange-billed nightingale-thrushCatharus aurantiirostris (Hartlaub, 1850)36
Black-headed nightingale-thrushCatharus mexicanus (Bonaparte, 1856)37
Slaty-backed nightingale-thrushCatharus fuscater (Lafresnaye, 1845)38
Swainson's thrushCatharus ustulatus (Nuttall, 1840)39
Black-billed nightingale-thrushCatharus gracilirostris Salvin, 186540
Hermit thrushCatharus guttatus (Pallas, 1811)41
Russet nightingale-thrushCatharus occidentalis Sclater, PL, 185942
Ruddy-capped nightingale-thrushCatharus frantzii Cabanis, 186143
Grey-cheeked thrushCatharus minimus (Lafresnaye, 1848)44
Bicknell's thrushCatharus bicknelli (Ridgway, 1882)45
VeeryCatharus fuscescens (Stephens, 1817)46
Long-tailed thrushZoothera dixoni (Seebohm, 1881)47
Alpine thrushZoothera mollissima (Blyth, 1842)48
Himalayan thrushZoothera salimalii Alström, Rasmussen, Zhao J, Xu J, Dalvi, Cai T, Guan Y, Zhang R, Kalyakin, Lei F & Olsson, 201649
Sichuan thrushZoothera griseiceps (Delacour, 1930)50
Long-billed thrushZoothera monticola Vigors, 183251
GeomaliaZoothera heinrichi (Stresemann, 1931)52
Dark-sided thrushZoothera marginata Blyth, 184753
Everett's thrushZoothera everetti (Sharpe, 1892)54
Sunda thrushZoothera andromedae (Temminck, 1826)55
White's thrushZoothera aurea (Holandre, 1825)56
Scaly thrushZoothera dauma (Latham, 1790)57
Nilgiri thrushZoothera neilgherriensis (Blyth, 1847)58
Sri Lanka thrushZoothera imbricata Layard, EL, 185459
Amami thrushZoothera major (Ogawa, 1905)60
Bonin thrush (X)Zoothera terrestris (Kittlitz, 1830)61
Guadalcanal thrushZoothera turipavae Cain & Galbraith, ICJ, 195562
Makira thrushZoothera margaretae (Mayr, 1935)63
Russet-tailed thrushZoothera heinei (Cabanis, 1851)64
Fawn-breasted thrushZoothera machiki (Forbes, HO, 1884)65
Bassian thrushZoothera lunulata (Latham, 1801)66
New Britain thrushZoothera talaseae (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1926)67
Bougainville thrushZoothera atrigena Ripley & Hadden, 198268
Siberian thrushGeokichla sibirica (Pallas, 1776)69
Pied thrushGeokichla wardii (Blyth, 1843)70
Grey ground thrushGeokichla princei (Sharpe, 1874)71
Black-eared ground thrushGeokichla camaronensis Sharpe, 190572
Spotted ground thrushGeokichla guttata (Vigors, 1831)73
Spot-winged thrushGeokichla spiloptera (Blyth, 1847)74
Crossley's ground thrushGeokichla crossleyi (Sharpe, 1871)75
Abyssinian ground thrushGeokichla piaggiae (Bouvier, 1877)76
Oberländer's ground thrushGeokichla oberlaenderi Sassi, 191477
Orange ground thrushGeokichla gurneyi (Hartlaub, 1864)78
Orange-headed thrushGeokichla citrina (Latham, 1790)79
Buru thrushGeokichla dumasi Rothschild, 189980
Seram thrushGeokichla joiceyi (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1921)81
Orange-sided thrushGeokichla peronii (Vieillot, 1818)82
Slaty-backed thrushGeokichla schistacea Meyer, AB, 188483
Chestnut-capped thrushGeokichla interpres (Temminck, 1828)84
Enggano thrushGeokichla leucolaema Salvadori, 189285
Chestnut-backed thrushGeokichla dohertyi Hartert, EJO, 189686
Ashy thrushGeokichla cinerea Bourns & Worcester, 189487
Red-backed thrushGeokichla erythronota Sclater, PL, 185988
Red-and-black thrushGeokichla mendeni (Neumann, 1939)89
Ethiopian thrushTurdus simensis (Rüppell, 1837)90
Groundscraper thrushTurdus litsitsirupa (Smith, A, 1836)91
Chinese thrushTurdus mupinensis Laubmann, 192092
Song thrushTurdus philomelos Brehm, CL, 183193
Mistle thrushTurdus viscivorus Linnaeus, 175894
African thrushTurdus pelios Bonaparte, 185095
Principe thrushTurdus xanthorhynchus Salvadori, 190196
Sao Tome thrushTurdus olivaceofuscus Hartlaub, 185297
Abyssinian thrushTurdus abyssinicus Gmelin, JF, 178998
Taita thrushTurdus helleri (Mearns, 1913)99
Usambara thrushTurdus roehli Reichenow, 1905100
Olive thrushTurdus olivaceus Linnaeus, 1766101
Kurrichane thrushTurdus libonyana (Smith, A, 1836)102
Comoro thrushTurdus bewsheri Newton, E, 1877103
Bare-eyed thrushTurdus tephronotus Cabanis, 1878104
Karoo thrushTurdus smithi Bonaparte, 1850105
Somali thrushTurdus ludoviciae (Lort Phillips, 1895)106
Chinese blackbirdTurdus mandarinus Bonaparte, 1850107
RedwingTurdus iliacus Linnaeus, 1758108
Common blackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758109
Yemen thrushTurdus menachensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1913110
Taiwan thrushTurdus niveiceps (Hellmayr, 1919)111
Grey-winged blackbirdTurdus boulboul (Latham, 1790)112
Indian blackbirdTurdus simillimus Jerdon, 1839113
Tickell's thrushTurdus unicolor Tickell, 1833114
Black-breasted thrushTurdus dissimilis Blyth, 1847115
Japanese thrushTurdus cardis Temminck, 1831116
Grey-backed thrushTurdus hortulorum Sclater, PL, 1863117
Eyebrowed thrushTurdus obscurus Gmelin, JF, 1789118
Pale thrushTurdus pallidus Gmelin, JF, 1789119
Grey-sided thrushTurdus feae (Salvadori, 1887)120
Brown-headed thrushTurdus chrysolaus Temminck, 1832121
Izu thrushTurdus celaenops Stejneger, 1887122
Mindoro island thrushTurdus mindorensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1896123
Luzon island thrushTurdus thomassoni (Seebohm, 1894)124
Mindanao island thrushTurdus nigrorum Ogilvie-Grant, 1896125
Wallacean island thrushTurdus schlegelii P. L. Sclater, 1861126
Christmas island thrushTurdus erythropleurus Sharpe, 1887127
Sundiac island thrushTurdus javanicus Horsfield, 1821128
Moluccan island thrushTurdus deningeri Stresemann, 1912129
Papuan island thrushTurdus papuensis (De Vis, 1890)130
Bismarck island thrushTurdus heinrothi Rothschild & Hartert, 1924131
Bougainville island thrushTurdus bougainvillei Mayr, 1941132
Solomons island thrushTurdus kulambangrae Mayr, 1941133
Vanikoro island thrushTurdus vanikorensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830134
White-headed island thrushTurdus pritzbueri E. L. Layard, 1878135
New Caledonian island thrushTurdus xanthopus J. R. Forster, 1844136
Tasman Sea island thrush (X)Turdus poliocephalus Latham, 1801137
Samoan island thrushTurdus samoensis Tristram, 1879138
Fiji island thrushTurdus ruficeps (E. P. Ramsay, 1876)139
Tibetan blackbirdTurdus maximus (Seebohm, 1881)140
White-backed thrushTurdus kessleri (Przevalski, 1876)141
FieldfareTurdus pilaris Linnaeus, 1758142
Ring ouzelTurdus torquatus Linnaeus, 1758143
Black-throated thrushTurdus atrogularis Jarocki, 1819144
Red-throated thrushTurdus ruficollis Pallas, 1776145
Dusky thrushTurdus eunomus Temminck, 1831146
Naumann's thrushTurdus naumanni Temminck, 1820147
Chestnut thrushTurdus rubrocanus Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847148
White-collared blackbirdTurdus albocinctus Royle, 1840149
Sulawesi thrushTurdus turdoides (Hartert, EJO, 1896)150
American robinTurdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766151
Black thrushTurdus infuscatus (Lafresnaye, 1844)152
Rufous-collared thrushTurdus rufitorques Hartlaub, 1844153
Sooty thrushTurdus nigrescens Cabanis, 1861154
Western red-legged thrushTurdus plumbeus Linnaeus, 1758155
Eastern red-legged thrushTurdus ardosiaceus Vieillot, 1822156
Grand Cayman thrush (X)Turdus ravidus (Cory, 1886)157
White-chinned thrushTurdus aurantius Gmelin, JF, 1789158
Forest thrushTurdus lherminieri Lafresnaye, 1844159
Mountain thrushTurdus plebejus Cabanis, 1861160
Pale-eyed thrushTurdus leucops Taczanowski, 1877161
White-eyed thrushTurdus jamaicensis Gmelin, JF, 1789162
La Selle thrushTurdus swalesi (Wetmore, 1927)163
Chestnut-bellied thrushTurdus fulviventris Sclater, PL, 1858164
Plumbeous-backed thrushTurdus reevei Lawrence, 1869165
Chiguanco thrushTurdus chiguanco d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837166
Andean slaty thrushTurdus nigriceps Cabanis, 1874167
Glossy-black thrushTurdus serranus Tschudi, 1844168
Black-hooded thrushTurdus olivater (Lafresnaye, 1848)169
Great thrushTurdus fuscater d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837170
Austral thrushTurdus falcklandii Quoy & Gaimard, 1824171
Lawrence's thrushTurdus lawrencii Coues, 1880172
Pantepui thrushTurdus murinus Salvin, 1885173
Blacksmith thrushTurdus subalaris (Seebohm, 1887)174
Creamy-bellied thrushTurdus amaurochalinus Cabanis, 1851175
Tristan thrushTurdus eremita (Gould, 1855)176
Maranon thrushTurdus maranonicus Taczanowski, 1880177
Black-billed thrushTurdus ignobilis Sclater, PL, 1858178
Campina thrushTurdus arthuri (Chubb, C, 1914)179
Yellow-legged thrushTurdus flavipes Vieillot, 1818180
White-throated thrushTurdus assimilis Cabanis, 1851181
Dagua thrushTurdus daguae Berlepsch, 1897182
White-necked thrushTurdus albicollis Vieillot, 1818183
Rufous-backed thrushTurdus rufopalliatus Lafresnaye, 1840184
Pale-vented thrushTurdus obsoletus Lawrence, 1862185
Pale-breasted thrushTurdus leucomelas Vieillot, 1818186
Cocoa thrushTurdus fumigatus Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823187
Hauxwell's thrushTurdus hauxwelli Lawrence, 1869188
Rufous-bellied thrushTurdus rufiventris Vieillot, 1818189
Clay-colored thrushTurdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838190
Spectacled thrushTurdus nudigenis Lafresnaye, 1848191
Ecuadorian thrushTurdus maculirostris Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884192
Varzea thrushTurdus sanchezorum O'Neill, Lane & Naka, 2011193
Unicolored thrushTurdus haplochrous Todd, 1931194

References

  1. 1 2 Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (March 2025). "Thrushes". IOC World Bird List. v 15.1. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
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