List of thrush species

For birds not in family Turdidae, see Thrush (disambiguation) § Birds.

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 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
Amaui (X) Myadestes woahensis (Bloxam, A, 1899) 14
Olomao Myadestes lanaiensis (Wilson, SB, 1891) 15
Omao Myadestes obscurus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 16
Puaiohi Myadestes palmeri (Rothschild, 1893) 17
Cuban solitaire Myadestes elisabeth (Lembeye, 1850) 18
Rufous-throated solitaire Myadestes genibarbis Swainson, 1838 19
Black-faced solitaire Myadestes melanops Salvin, 1865 20
Varied solitaire Myadestes coloratus Nelson, 1912 21
Andean solitaire Myadestes ralloides (d'Orbigny, 1840) 22
Fruithunter Chlamydochaera jefferyi Sharpe, 1887 23
Purple cochoa Cochoa purpurea Hodgson, 1836 24
Green cochoa Cochoa viridis Hodgson, 1836 25
Sumatran cochoa Cochoa beccarii Salvadori, 1879 26
Javan cochoa Cochoa azurea (Temminck, 1824) 27
Varied thrush Ixoreus naevius (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 28
Aztec thrush Ridgwayia pinicola (Sclater, PL, 1859) 29
Rufous-brown solitaire Cichlopsis leucogenys Cabanis, 1851 30
Black solitaire Entomodestes coracinus (Berlepsch, 1897) 31
White-eared solitaire Entomodestes leucotis (Tschudi, 1844) 32
Wood thrush Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 33
Yellow-throated nightingale-thrush Catharus dryas (Gould, 1855) 34
Speckled nightingale-thrush Catharus maculatus (Sclater, PL, 1858) 35
Orange-billed nightingale-thrush Catharus aurantiirostris (Hartlaub, 1850) 36
Black-headed nightingale-thrush Catharus mexicanus (Bonaparte, 1856) 37
Slaty-backed nightingale-thrush Catharus fuscater (Lafresnaye, 1845) 38
Swainson's thrush Catharus ustulatus (Nuttall, 1840) 39
Black-billed nightingale-thrush Catharus gracilirostris Salvin, 1865 40
Hermit thrush Catharus guttatus (Pallas, 1811) 41
Russet nightingale-thrush Catharus occidentalis Sclater, PL, 1859 42
Ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush Catharus frantzii Cabanis, 1861 43
Grey-cheeked thrush Catharus minimus (Lafresnaye, 1848) 44
Bicknell's thrush Catharus bicknelli (Ridgway, 1882) 45
Veery Catharus fuscescens (Stephens, 1817) 46
Long-tailed thrush Zoothera dixoni (Seebohm, 1881) 47
Alpine thrush Zoothera mollissima (Blyth, 1842) 48
Himalayan thrush Zoothera salimalii Alström, Rasmussen, Zhao J, Xu J, Dalvi, Cai T, Guan Y, Zhang R, Kalyakin, Lei F & Olsson, 2016 49
Sichuan thrush Zoothera griseiceps (Delacour, 1930) 50
Long-billed thrush Zoothera monticola Vigors, 1832 51
Geomalia Zoothera heinrichi (Stresemann, 1931) 52
Dark-sided thrush Zoothera marginata Blyth, 1847 53
Everett's thrush Zoothera everetti (Sharpe, 1892) 54
Sunda thrush Zoothera andromedae (Temminck, 1826) 55
White's thrush Zoothera aurea (Holandre, 1825) 56
Scaly thrush Zoothera dauma (Latham, 1790) 57
Nilgiri thrush Zoothera neilgherriensis (Blyth, 1847) 58
Sri Lanka thrush Zoothera imbricata Layard, EL, 1854 59
Amami thrush Zoothera major (Ogawa, 1905) 60
Bonin thrush (X) Zoothera terrestris (Kittlitz, 1830) 61
Guadalcanal thrush Zoothera turipavae Cain & Galbraith, ICJ, 1955 62
Makira thrush Zoothera margaretae (Mayr, 1935) 63
Russet-tailed thrush Zoothera heinei (Cabanis, 1851) 64
Fawn-breasted thrush Zoothera machiki (Forbes, HO, 1884) 65
Bassian thrush Zoothera lunulata (Latham, 1801) 66
New Britain thrush Zoothera talaseae (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1926) 67
Bougainville thrush Zoothera atrigena Ripley & Hadden, 1982 68
Siberian thrush Geokichla sibirica (Pallas, 1776) 69
Pied thrush Geokichla wardii (Blyth, 1843) 70
Grey ground thrush Geokichla princei (Sharpe, 1874) 71
Black-eared ground thrush Geokichla camaronensis Sharpe, 1905 72
Spotted ground thrush Geokichla guttata (Vigors, 1831) 73
Spot-winged thrush Geokichla spiloptera (Blyth, 1847) 74
Crossley's ground thrush Geokichla crossleyi (Sharpe, 1871) 75
Abyssinian ground thrush Geokichla piaggiae (Bouvier, 1877) 76
Oberländer's ground thrush Geokichla oberlaenderi Sassi, 1914 77
Orange ground thrush Geokichla gurneyi (Hartlaub, 1864) 78
Orange-headed thrush Geokichla citrina (Latham, 1790) 79
Buru thrush Geokichla dumasi Rothschild, 1899 80
Seram thrush Geokichla joiceyi (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1921) 81
Orange-sided thrush Geokichla peronii (Vieillot, 1818) 82
Slaty-backed thrush Geokichla schistacea Meyer, AB, 1884 83
Chestnut-capped thrush Geokichla interpres (Temminck, 1828) 84
Enggano thrush Geokichla leucolaema Salvadori, 1892 85
Chestnut-backed thrush Geokichla dohertyi Hartert, EJO, 1896 86
Ashy thrush Geokichla cinerea Bourns & Worcester, 1894 87
Red-backed thrush Geokichla erythronota Sclater, PL, 1859 88
Red-and-black thrush Geokichla mendeni (Neumann, 1939) 89
Ethiopian thrush Turdus simensis (Rüppell, 1837) 90
Groundscraper thrush Turdus litsitsirupa (Smith, A, 1836) 91
Chinese thrush Turdus mupinensis Laubmann, 1920 92
Song thrush Turdus philomelos Brehm, CL, 1831 93
Mistle thrush Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus, 1758 94
African thrush Turdus pelios Bonaparte, 1850 95
Principe thrush Turdus xanthorhynchus Salvadori, 1901 96
Sao Tome thrush Turdus olivaceofuscus Hartlaub, 1852 97
Abyssinian thrush Turdus abyssinicus Gmelin, JF, 1789 98
Taita thrush Turdus helleri (Mearns, 1913) 99
Usambara thrush Turdus roehli Reichenow, 1905 100
Olive thrush Turdus olivaceus Linnaeus, 1766 101
Kurrichane thrush Turdus libonyana (Smith, A, 1836) 102
Comoro thrush Turdus bewsheri Newton, E, 1877 103
Bare-eyed thrush Turdus tephronotus Cabanis, 1878 104
Karoo thrush Turdus smithi Bonaparte, 1850 105
Somali thrush Turdus ludoviciae (Lort Phillips, 1895) 106
Chinese blackbird Turdus mandarinus Bonaparte, 1850 107
Redwing Turdus iliacus Linnaeus, 1758 108
Common blackbird Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 109
Yemen thrush Turdus menachensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1913 110
Taiwan thrush Turdus niveiceps (Hellmayr, 1919) 111
Grey-winged blackbird Turdus boulboul (Latham, 1790) 112
Indian blackbird Turdus simillimus Jerdon, 1839 113
Tickell's thrush Turdus unicolor Tickell, 1833 114
Black-breasted thrush Turdus dissimilis Blyth, 1847 115
Japanese thrush Turdus cardis Temminck, 1831 116
Grey-backed thrush Turdus hortulorum Sclater, PL, 1863 117
Eyebrowed thrush Turdus obscurus Gmelin, JF, 1789 118
Pale thrush Turdus pallidus Gmelin, JF, 1789 119
Grey-sided thrush Turdus feae (Salvadori, 1887) 120
Brown-headed thrush Turdus chrysolaus Temminck, 1832 121
Izu thrush Turdus celaenops Stejneger, 1887 122
Mindoro island thrush Turdus mindorensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1896 123
Luzon island thrush Turdus thomassoni (Seebohm, 1894) 124
Mindanao island thrush Turdus nigrorum Ogilvie-Grant, 1896 125
Wallacean island thrush Turdus schlegelii P. L. Sclater, 1861 126
Christmas island thrush Turdus erythropleurus Sharpe, 1887 127
Sundiac island thrush Turdus javanicus Horsfield, 1821 128
Moluccan island thrush Turdus deningeri Stresemann, 1912 129
Papuan island thrush Turdus papuensis (De Vis, 1890) 130
Bismarck island thrush Turdus heinrothi Rothschild & Hartert, 1924 131
Bougainville island thrush Turdus bougainvillei Mayr, 1941 132
Solomons island thrush Turdus kulambangrae Mayr, 1941 133
Vanikoro island thrush Turdus vanikorensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 134
White-headed island thrush Turdus pritzbueri E. L. Layard, 1878 135
New Caledonian island thrush Turdus xanthopus J. R. Forster, 1844 136
Tasman Sea island thrush (X) Turdus poliocephalus Latham, 1801 137
Samoan island thrush Turdus samoensis Tristram, 1879 138
Fiji island thrush Turdus ruficeps (E. P. Ramsay, 1876) 139
Tibetan blackbird Turdus maximus (Seebohm, 1881) 140
White-backed thrush Turdus kessleri (Przevalski, 1876) 141
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Linnaeus, 1758 142
Ring ouzel Turdus torquatus Linnaeus, 1758 143
Black-throated thrush Turdus atrogularis Jarocki, 1819 144
Red-throated thrush Turdus ruficollis Pallas, 1776 145
Dusky thrush Turdus eunomus Temminck, 1831 146
Naumann's thrush Turdus naumanni Temminck, 1820 147
Chestnut thrush Turdus rubrocanus Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847 148
White-collared blackbird Turdus albocinctus Royle, 1840 149
Sulawesi thrush Turdus turdoides (Hartert, EJO, 1896) 150
American robin Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 151
Black thrush Turdus infuscatus (Lafresnaye, 1844) 152
Rufous-collared thrush Turdus rufitorques Hartlaub, 1844 153
Sooty thrush Turdus nigrescens Cabanis, 1861 154
Western red-legged thrush Turdus plumbeus Linnaeus, 1758 155
Eastern red-legged thrush Turdus ardosiaceus Vieillot, 1822 156
Grand Cayman thrush (X) Turdus ravidus (Cory, 1886) 157
White-chinned thrush Turdus aurantius Gmelin, JF, 1789 158
Forest thrush Turdus lherminieri Lafresnaye, 1844 159
Mountain thrush Turdus plebejus Cabanis, 1861 160
Pale-eyed thrush Turdus leucops Taczanowski, 1877 161
White-eyed thrush Turdus jamaicensis Gmelin, JF, 1789 162
La Selle thrush Turdus swalesi (Wetmore, 1927) 163
Chestnut-bellied thrush Turdus fulviventris Sclater, PL, 1858 164
Plumbeous-backed thrush Turdus reevei Lawrence, 1869 165
Chiguanco thrush Turdus chiguanco d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 166
Andean slaty thrush Turdus nigriceps Cabanis, 1874 167
Glossy-black thrush Turdus serranus Tschudi, 1844 168
Black-hooded thrush Turdus olivater (Lafresnaye, 1848) 169
Great thrush Turdus fuscater d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 170
Austral thrush Turdus falcklandii Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 171
Lawrence's thrush Turdus lawrencii Coues, 1880 172
Pantepui thrush Turdus murinus Salvin, 1885 173
Blacksmith thrush Turdus subalaris (Seebohm, 1887) 174
Creamy-bellied thrush Turdus amaurochalinus Cabanis, 1851 175
Tristan thrush Turdus eremita (Gould, 1855) 176
Maranon thrush Turdus maranonicus Taczanowski, 1880 177
Black-billed thrush Turdus ignobilis Sclater, PL, 1858 178
Campina thrush Turdus arthuri (Chubb, C, 1914) 179
Yellow-legged thrush Turdus flavipes Vieillot, 1818 180
White-throated thrush Turdus assimilis Cabanis, 1851 181
Dagua thrush Turdus daguae Berlepsch, 1897 182
White-necked thrush Turdus albicollis Vieillot, 1818 183
Rufous-backed thrush Turdus rufopalliatus Lafresnaye, 1840 184
Pale-vented thrush Turdus obsoletus Lawrence, 1862 185
Pale-breasted thrush Turdus leucomelas Vieillot, 1818 186
Cocoa thrush Turdus fumigatus Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823 187
Hauxwell's thrush Turdus hauxwelli Lawrence, 1869 188
Rufous-bellied thrush Turdus rufiventris Vieillot, 1818 189
Clay-colored thrush Turdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 190
Spectacled thrush Turdus nudigenis Lafresnaye, 1848 191
Ecuadorian thrush Turdus maculirostris Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884 192
Varzea thrush Turdus sanchezorum O'Neill, Lane & Naka, 2011 193
Unicolored thrush Turdus haplochrous Todd, 1931 194

References

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