True thrush
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The true thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Turdus of the thrush family Turdidae.
Most, but not all, are Old World species; several of the New World species are called Robins rather than Thrushes:
[edit] List of species in taxonomic order
- Blackbird, Turdus merula
- Yemen Thrush, Turdus menachensis
- Olive Thrush, Turdus olivaceus
- Taita Thrush, Turdus helleri
- Somali Thrush, Turdus ludoviciae
- Olivaceous Thrush, Turdus olivaceofuscus
- Comoro Thrush, Turdus bewsheri
- Kurrichane Thrush, Turdus libonyanus
- African Thrush, Turdus pelios
- African Bare-eyed Thrush, Turdus tephronotus
- Gray-backed Thrush, Turdus hortulorum
- Tickell's Thrush, Turdus unicolor
- Black-breasted Thrush, Turdus dissimilis
- Japanese Thrush, Turdus cardis
- White-collared Blackbird, Turdus albocinctus
- Ring Ouzel, Turdus torquatus
- Grey-winged Blackbird, Turdus boulboul
- Island Thrush, Turdus poliocephalus
- Christmas Island Thrush, Turdus poliocephalus erythropleurus - common Christmas Island endemic subspecies
- Norfolk Island Thrush, Turdus poliocephalus poliocephalus - extinct (c.1975)
- Maré Island Thrush, Turdus poliocephalus mareensis - extinct (early 20th century)
- Lord Howe Island Thrush, Turdus poliocephalus vinitinctus - extinct (1920s)
- Lifou Island Thrush, Turdus poliocephalus pritzbueri - possibly extinct (early 20th century?)
- Chestnut Thrush, Turdus rubrocanus
- White-backed Thrush, Turdus kessleri
- Grey-sided Thrush, Turdus feae
- Eyebrowed Thrush, Turdus obscurus
- Pale Thrush, Turdus pallidus
- Brown-headed Thrush, Turdus chrysolaus
- Izu Thrush, Turdus celaenops
- Dark-throated Thrush, Turdus atrogularis
- Black-throated Thrush, Turdus (atrogularis) atrogularis
- Red-throated Thrush, Turdus (atrogularis) ruficollis
- Dusky Thrush, Turdus naumanni
- Naumann's Thrush, Turdus (naumanni) naumanni
- Dusky Thrush, Turdus (naumanni) eunomus
- Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris
- Redwing, Turdus iliacus
- Song Thrush, Turdus philomelos
- Chinese Thrush, Turdus mupinensis
- Mistle Thrush, Turdus viscivorus
- Red-legged Thrush, Turdus plumbeus
- Grand Cayman Thrush, Turdus ravidus - extinct (1940s)
- Chiguanco Thrush (Black zorzal), Turdus chiguanco
- Sooty Robin, Turdus nigrescens
- Great Thrush, Turdus fuscater
- Black Robin (thrush), Turdus infuscatus
- Glossy-black Thrush, Turdus serranus
- Andean Slaty Thrush, Turdus nigriceps
- Eastern Slaty Thrush, Turdus subalaris
- Black-hooded Thrush, Turdus olivater
- Cauca Black-hooded Thrush, Turdus olivater caucae - possibly extinct (late 20th century?)
- Plumbeous-backed Thrush, Turdus reevei
- Maranon Thrush, Turdus maranonicus
- Chestnut-bellied Thrush, Turdus fulviventris
- Rufous-bellied Thrush, Turdus rufiventris
- Austral Thrush, Turdus falcklandii
- Pale-breasted Thrush, Turdus leucomelas
- Creamy-bellied Thrush, Turdus amaurochalinus
- Mountain Robin, Turdus plebejus
- Black-billed Thrush, Turdus ignobilis
- Lawrence's Thrush, Turdus lawrencii
- Cocoa Thrush, Turdus fumigatus
- Pale-vented Thrush, Turdus obsoletus
- Hauxwell's Thrush, Turdus hauxwelli
- Clay-colored Robin, Turdus grayi
- Bare-eyed Thrush, Turdus nudigenis
- Ecuadorian Thrush, Turdus maculirostris
- Unicolored Thrush, Turdus haplochrous
- White-eyed Thrush, Turdus jamaicensis
- White-throated Thrush, Turdus assimilis
- White-necked Thrush, Turdus albicollis
- Rufous-backed Robin, Turdus rufopalliatus
- Rufous-collared Robin, Turdus rufitorques
- American Robin, Turdus migratorius
- La Selle Thrush, Turdus swalesi
- White-chinned Thrush, Turdus aurantius
[edit] External links
- True Thrush videos on the Internet Bird Collection
