List of thrush species

Thrushes and allies form the family Turdidae. The International Ornithological Congress (IOC) recognizes these 172 species of thrushes. Eighty-five of them are in genus Turdus and the rest are distributed among 16 other genera. This list includes three extinct species which 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	IOC sequence
Red-tailed ant thrush	Neocossyphus rufus	1
White-tailed ant thrush	Neocossyphus poensis	2
Fraser's rufous thrush	Stizorhina fraseri	3
Finsch's rufous thrush	Stizorhina finschi	4
Slaty-backed thrush	Geokichla schistacea	5
Buru thrush	Geokichla dumasi	6
Seram thrush	Geokichla joiceyi	7
Chestnut-capped thrush	Geokichla interpres	8
Enggano thrush	Geokichla leucolaema	9
Red-backed thrush	Geokichla erythronota	10
Red-and-black thrush	Geokichla mendeni	11
Chestnut-backed thrush	Geokichla dohertyi	12
Pied thrush	Geokichla wardii	13
Ashy thrush	Geokichla cinerea	14
Orange-sided thrush	Geokichla peronii	15
Orange-headed thrush	Geokichla citrina	16
Siberian thrush	Geokichla sibirica	17
Abyssinian ground thrush	Geokichla piaggiae	18
Crossley's ground thrush	Geokichla crossleyi	19
Orange ground thrush	Geokichla gurneyi	20
Oberländer's ground thrush	Geokichla oberlaenderi	21
Black-eared ground thrush	Geokichla camaronensis	22
Grey ground thrush	Geokichla princei	23
Spotted ground thrush	Geokichla guttata	24
Spot-winged thrush	Geokichla spiloptera	25
Geomalia	Zoothera heinrichi	26
Everett's thrush	Zoothera everetti	27
Sunda thrush	Zoothera andromedae	28
Alpine thrush	Zoothera mollissima	29
Sichuan thrush	Zoothera griseiceps	30
Himalayan thrush	Zoothera salimalii	31
Long-tailed thrush	Zoothera dixoni	32
White's thrush	Zoothera aurea	33
Amami thrush	Zoothera major	34
Scaly thrush	Zoothera dauma	35
Bonin thrush	Zoothera terrestris (X)	36
Nilgiri thrush	Zoothera neilgherriensis	37
Sri Lanka thrush	Zoothera imbricata	38
Fawn-breasted thrush	Zoothera machiki	39
Russet-tailed thrush	Zoothera heinei	40
Bassian thrush	Zoothera lunulata	41
Black-backed thrush	Zoothera talaseae	42
Makira thrush	Zoothera margaretae	43
Guadalcanal thrush	Zoothera turipavae	44
Long-billed thrush	Zoothera monticola	45
Dark-sided thrush	Zoothera marginata	46
Varied thrush	Ixoreus naevius	47
Aztec thrush	Ridgwayia pinicola	48
Sulawesi thrush	Cataponera turdoides	49
Grandala	Grandala coelicolor	50
Eastern bluebird	Sialia sialis	51
Western bluebird	Sialia mexicana	52
Mountain bluebird	Sialia currucoides	53
Omao	Myadestes obscurus	54
Kamao	Myadestes myadestinus (X)	55
Puaiohi	Myadestes palmeri	56
Olomao	Myadestes lanaiensis	57
Townsend's solitaire	Myadestes townsendi	58
Brown-backed solitaire	Myadestes occidentalis	59
Cuban solitaire	Myadestes elisabeth	60
Rufous-throated solitaire	Myadestes genibarbis	61
Black-faced solitaire	Myadestes melanops	62
Varied solitaire	Myadestes coloratus	63
Andean solitaire	Myadestes ralloides	64
Slate-colored solitaire	Myadestes unicolor	65
Rufous-brown solitaire	Cichlopsis leucogenys	66
Black-billed nightingale-thrush	Catharus gracilirostris	67
Orange-billed nightingale-thrush	Catharus aurantiirostris	68
Slaty-backed nightingale-thrush	Catharus fuscater	69
Russet nightingale-thrush	Catharus occidentalis	70
Ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush	Catharus frantzii	71
Black-headed nightingale-thrush	Catharus mexicanus	72
Gould's nightingale-thrush	Catharus dryas	73
Sclater's nightingale-thrush	Catharus maculatus	74
Veery	Catharus fuscescens	75
Grey-cheeked thrush	Catharus minimus	76
Bicknell's thrush	Catharus bicknelli	77
Swainson's thrush	Catharus ustulatus	78
Hermit thrush	Catharus guttatus	79
Wood thrush	Hylocichla mustelina	80
Black solitaire	Entomodestes coracinus	81
White-eared solitaire	Entomodestes leucotis	82
Groundscraper thrush	Turdus litsitsirupa	83
Yellow-legged thrush	Turdus flavipes	84
Pale-eyed thrush	Turdus leucops	85
African thrush	Turdus pelios	86
Bare-eyed thrush	Turdus tephronotus	87
Kurrichane thrush	Turdus libonyana	88
Sao Tome thrush	Turdus olivaceofuscus	89
Principe thrush	Turdus xanthorhynchus	90
Olive thrush	Turdus olivaceus	91
Usambara thrush	Turdus roehli	92
Abyssinian thrush	Turdus abyssinicus	93
Karoo thrush	Turdus smithi	94
Somali thrush	Turdus ludoviciae	95
Taita thrush	Turdus helleri	96
Yemen thrush	Turdus menachensis	97
Comoros thrush	Turdus bewsheri	98
Grey-backed thrush	Turdus hortulorum	99
Tickell's thrush	Turdus unicolor	100
Black-breasted thrush	Turdus dissimilis	101
Japanese thrush	Turdus cardis	102
White-collared blackbird	Turdus albocinctus	103
Ring ouzel	Turdus torquatus	104
Grey-winged blackbird	Turdus boulboul	105
Common blackbird	Turdus merula	106
Chinese blackbird	Turdus mandarinus	107
Tibetan blackbird	Turdus maximus	108
Indian blackbird	Turdus simillimus	109
Island thrush	Turdus poliocephalus	110
Chestnut thrush	Turdus rubrocanus	111
Kessler's thrush	Turdus kessleri	112
Grey-sided thrush	Turdus feae	113
Eyebrowed thrush	Turdus obscurus	114
Pale thrush	Turdus pallidus	115
Brown-headed thrush	Turdus chrysolaus	116
Izu thrush	Turdus celaenops	117
Black-throated thrush	Turdus atrogularis	118
Red-throated thrush	Turdus ruficollis	119
Naumann's thrush	Turdus naumanni	120
Dusky thrush	Turdus eunomus	121
Fieldfare	Turdus pilaris	122
Redwing	Turdus iliacus	123
Song thrush	Turdus philomelos	124
Chinese thrush	Turdus mupinensis	125
Mistle thrush	Turdus viscivorus	126
Great thrush	Turdus fuscater	127
Chiguanco thrush	Turdus chiguanco	128
Sooty thrush	Turdus nigrescens	129
Black thrush	Turdus infuscatus	130
Glossy-black thrush	Turdus serranus	131
Andean slaty thrush	Turdus nigriceps	132
Blacksmith thrush	Turdus subalaris	133
Plumbeous-backed thrush	Turdus reevei	134
Black-hooded thrush	Turdus olivater	135
Maranon thrush	Turdus maranonicus	136
Chestnut-bellied thrush	Turdus fulviventris	137
Rufous-bellied thrush	Turdus rufiventris	138
Austral thrush	Turdus falcklandii	139
Pale-breasted thrush	Turdus leucomelas	140
Creamy-bellied thrush	Turdus amaurochalinus	141
Mountain thrush	Turdus plebejus	142
Black-billed thrush	Turdus ignobilis	143
Pantepui thrush	Turdus murinus	144
Campina thrush	Turdus arthuri	145
Lawrence's thrush	Turdus lawrencii	146
Cocoa thrush	Turdus fumigatus	147
Pale-vented thrush	Turdus obsoletus	148
Hauxwell's thrush	Turdus hauxwelli	149
Unicolored thrush	Turdus haplochrous	150
Clay-colored thrush	Turdus grayi	151
Spectacled thrush	Turdus nudigenis	152
Varzea thrush	Turdus sanchezorum	153
Ecuadorian thrush	Turdus maculirostris	154
White-eyed thrush	Turdus jamaicensis	155
White-throated thrush	Turdus assimilis	156
Dagua thrush	Turdus daguae	157
White-necked thrush	Turdus albicollis	158
Rufous-backed thrush	Turdus rufopalliatus	159
Rufous-collared thrush	Turdus rufitorques	160
American robin	Turdus migratorius	161
La Selle thrush	Turdus swalesi	162
White-chinned thrush	Turdus aurantius	163
Grand Cayman thrush	Turdus ravidus (X)	164
Red-legged thrush	Turdus plumbeus	165
Forest thrush	Turdus lherminieri	166
Tristan thrush	Turdus eremita	167
Purple cochoa	Cochoa purpurea	168
Green cochoa	Cochoa viridis	169
Sumatran cochoa	Cochoa beccarii	170
Javan cochoa	Cochoa azurea	171
Fruithunter	Chlamydochaera jefferyi	172

References

1. Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2021). "IOC World Bird List (v 11.1)". Retrieved January 14, 2021.