Thrushes and Allies

The thrushes are a passerine bird family, Turdidae, with a worldwide distribution. The family was once much larger before biologists reclassified the former subfamily Saxicolinae, which includes the chats and European robins, as Old World flycatchers. Thrushes are small to medium-sized ground living birds that feed on insects, other invertebrates, and fruit.

Species in this family

• Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
• Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
• Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush Catharus dryas
• Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii
• Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater
• Veery Catharus fuscescens
• Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus gracilirostris
• Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
• Speckled Nightingale-Thrush Catharus maculatus
• Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus mexicanus
• Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
• Russet Nightingale-Thrush Catharus occidentalis
• Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
• Fruit-hunter Chlamydochaera jefferyi
• Rufous-brown Solitaire Cichlopsis leucogenys
• Javan Cochoa Cochoa azurea
• Sumatran Cochoa Cochoa beccarii
• Purple Cochoa Cochoa purpurea
• Green Cochoa Cochoa viridis
• Black Solitaire Entomodestes coracinus
• White-eared Solitaire Entomodestes leucotis
• Black-eared Ground-Thrush Geokichla camaronensis
• Ashy Thrush Geokichla cinerea
• Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
• Crossley's Ground-Thrush Geokichla crossleyi
• Chestnut-backed Thrush Geokichla dohertyi
• Buru Thrush Geokichla dumasi
• Rusty-backed Thrush Geokichla erythronota
• Orange Ground-Thrush Geokichla gurneyi
• Spotted Ground-Thrush Geokichla guttata
• Chestnut-capped Thrush Geokichla interpres
• Enggano Thrush Geokichla leucolaema
• Red-and-black Thrush Geokichla mendeni
• Oberländer's Ground-Thrush Geokichla oberlaenderi
• Orange-banded Thrush Geokichla peronii
• Abyssinian Ground-Thrush Geokichla piaggiae
• Grey Ground-Thrush Geokichla princei
• Slaty-backed Thrush Geokichla schistacea
• Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica
• Spot-winged Thrush Geokichla spiloptera
• Pied Thrush Geokichla wardii
• Grandala Grandala coelicolor
• Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
• Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
• Varied Solitaire Myadestes coloratus
• Cuban Solitaire Myadestes elisabeth
• Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis
• Olomao Myadestes lanaiensis
• Black-faced Solitaire Myadestes melanops
• Kamao Myadestes myadestinus
• Omao Myadestes obscurus
• Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis
• Puaiohi Myadestes palmeri
• Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides
• Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
• Slate-coloured Solitaire Myadestes unicolor
• White-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
• Red-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus rufus
• Boulder Chat Pinarornis plumosus
• Aztec Thrush Ridgwayia pinicola
• Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
• Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
• Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
• Finsch's Flycatcher-Thrush Stizorhina finschi
• Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush Stizorhina fraseri
• Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
• White-necked Thrush Turdus albicollis
• White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
• Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus
• Campina Thrush Turdus arthuri
• White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
• Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
• White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius
• Comoro Thrush Turdus bewsheri
• Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
• Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
• Izu Thrush Turdus celaenops
• Chiguanco Thrush Turdus chiguanco
• Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
• Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis
• Tristan Thrush Turdus eremita
• Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
• Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii
• Grey-sided Thrush Turdus feae
• Yellow-legged Thrush Turdus flavipes
• Chestnut-bellied Thrush Turdus fulviventris
• Cocoa Thrush Turdus fumigatus
• Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
• Clay-coloured Thrush Turdus grayi
• Hauxwell's Thrush Turdus hauxwelli
• Taita Thrush Turdus helleri
• Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
• Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis
• Redwing Turdus iliacus
• Black Thrush Turdus infuscatus
• White-eyed Thrush Turdus jamaicensis
• White-backed Thrush Turdus kessleri
• Lawrence's Thrush Turdus lawrencii
• Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas
• Pale-eyed Thrush Turdus leucops
• Forest Thrush Turdus lherminieri
• Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
• Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
• Somali Thrush Turdus ludoviciae
• Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris
• Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
• Marañon Thrush Turdus maranonicus
• Tibetan Blackbird Turdus maximus
• Yemen Thrush Turdus menachensis
• Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
• American Robin Turdus migratorius
• Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis
• Pantepui Thrush Turdus murinus
• Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
• Sooty Thrush Turdus nigrescens
• Andean Slaty Thrush Turdus nigriceps
• Taiwan Thrush Turdus niveiceps
• Spectacled Thrush Turdus nudigenis
• Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
• Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus
• Sao Tome Thrush Turdus olivaceofuscus
• Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
• Black-hooded Thrush Turdus olivater
• Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
• African Thrush Turdus pelios
• Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
• Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
• Mountain Thrush Turdus plebejus
• Western Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus
• Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus
• Grand Cayman Thrush Turdus ravidus
• Plumbeous-backed Thrush Turdus reevei
• Usambara Thrush Turdus roehli
• Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
• Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
• Rufous-collared Robin Turdus rufitorques
• Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris
• Rufous-backed Robin Turdus rufopalliatus
• Varzea Thrush Turdus sanchezorum
• Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus
• Ethiopian Thrush Turdus simensis
• Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus
• Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
• Blacksmith Thrush Turdus subalaris
• La Selle Thrush Turdus swalesi
• African Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
• Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
• Sulawesi Thrush Turdus turdoides
• Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
• Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
• Principe Thrush Turdus xanthorhynchus
• Sunda Thrush Zoothera andromedae
• White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
• Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
• Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
• Everett's Thrush Zoothera everetti
• Sichuan Thrush Zoothera griseiceps
• Russet-tailed Thrush Zoothera heinei
• Geomalia Zoothera heinrichi
• Sri Lanka Thrush Zoothera imbricata
• Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata
• Fawn-breasted Thrush Zoothera machiki
• Amami Thrush Zoothera major
• Dark-sided Thrush Zoothera marginata
• Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima
• Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola
• Nilgiri Thrush Zoothera neilgherriensis
• Himalayan Thrush Zoothera salimalii

Lookalikes compared

• Aztec Thrush vs White-throated Thrush
• Bicknell's Thrush vs Hermit Thrush
• Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush vs Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush
• Black-throated Thrush vs Naumann's Thrush
• Eastern Bluebird vs Townsend's Solitaire
• Eyebrowed Thrush vs Chestnut Thrush
• Grey-cheeked Thrush vs Mistle Thrush
• Groundscraper Thrush vs Abyssinian Thrush
• Hermit Thrush vs Siberian Thrush
• Kurrichane Thrush vs Karoo Thrush
• Mistle Thrush vs Ring Ouzel
• Mountain Thrush vs Black Thrush
• Orange Ground-Thrush vs Karoo Thrush
• Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush vs Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush
• Purple Cochoa vs Javan Cochoa
• Redwing vs Eyebrowed Thrush
• Ring Ouzel vs Dusky Thrush
• Spotted Ground-Thrush vs Orange Ground-Thrush
• Varied Thrush vs Swainson's Thrush
• Veery vs Hermit Thrush
• Veery vs Spectacled Thrush
• Western Bluebird vs Mountain Bluebird
• White-backed Thrush vs Tibetan Blackbird
• White-throated Thrush vs Sooty Thrush