Thrushes and allies form the passerine bird family Turdidae. In 2024, the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) accepted 193 species of thrushes, with one more added in 2025. 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).
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
Common nameBinomial name + authorityIOC sequenceGrandalaGrandala coelicolor Hodgson, 18431Mountain bluebirdSialia currucoides (Bechstein, 1798)2Western bluebirdSialia mexicana Swainson, 18323Eastern bluebirdSialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758)4Finsch's rufous thrushStizorhina finschi (Sharpe, 1870)5Fraser's rufous thrushStizorhina fraseri (Strickland, 1844)6White-tailed ant thrushNeocossyphus poensis (Strickland, 1844)7Red-tailed ant thrushNeocossyphus rufus (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884)8Boulder chatPinarornis plumosus Sharpe, 18769Brown-backed solitaireMyadestes occidentalis Stejneger, 188210Slate-colored solitaireMyadestes unicolor Sclater, PL, 185711Townsend's solitaireMyadestes townsendi (Audubon, 1838)12Kamao (X)Myadestes myadestinus (Stejneger, 1887)13Amaui (X)Myadestes woahensis (Bloxam, A, 1899)14OlomaoMyadestes lanaiensis (Wilson, SB, 1891)15OmaoMyadestes obscurus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)16PuaiohiMyadestes palmeri (Rothschild, 1893)17Cuban solitaireMyadestes elisabeth (Lembeye, 1850)18Rufous-throated solitaireMyadestes genibarbis Swainson, 183819Black-faced solitaireMyadestes melanops Salvin, 186520Varied solitaireMyadestes coloratus Nelson, 191221Andean solitaireMyadestes ralloides (d'Orbigny, 1840)22FruithunterChlamydochaera jefferyi Sharpe, 188723Purple cochoaCochoa purpurea Hodgson, 183624Green cochoaCochoa viridis Hodgson, 183625Sumatran cochoaCochoa beccarii Salvadori, 187926Javan cochoaCochoa azurea (Temminck, 1824)27Varied thrushIxoreus naevius (Gmelin, JF, 1789)28Aztec thrushRidgwayia pinicola (Sclater, PL, 1859)29Rufous-brown solitaireCichlopsis leucogenys Cabanis, 185130Black solitaireEntomodestes coracinus (Berlepsch, 1897)31White-eared solitaireEntomodestes leucotis (Tschudi, 1844)32Wood thrushHylocichla mustelina (Gmelin, JF, 1789)33Yellow-throated nightingale-thrushCatharus dryas (Gould, 1855)34Speckled nightingale-thrushCatharus maculatus (Sclater, PL, 1858)35Orange-billed nightingale-thrushCatharus aurantiirostris (Hartlaub, 1850)36Black-headed nightingale-thrushCatharus mexicanus (Bonaparte, 1856)37Slaty-backed nightingale-thrushCatharus fuscater (Lafresnaye, 1845)38Swainson's thrushCatharus ustulatus (Nuttall, 1840)39Black-billed nightingale-thrushCatharus gracilirostris Salvin, 186540Hermit thrushCatharus guttatus (Pallas, 1811)41Russet nightingale-thrushCatharus occidentalis Sclater, PL, 185942Ruddy-capped nightingale-thrushCatharus frantzii Cabanis, 186143Grey-cheeked thrushCatharus minimus (Lafresnaye, 1848)44Bicknell's thrushCatharus bicknelli (Ridgway, 1882)45VeeryCatharus fuscescens (Stephens, 1817)46Long-tailed thrushZoothera dixoni (Seebohm, 1881)47Alpine thrushZoothera mollissima (Blyth, 1842)48Himalayan thrushZoothera salimalii Alström, Rasmussen, Zhao J, Xu J, Dalvi, Cai T, Guan Y, Zhang R, Kalyakin, Lei F & Olsson, 201649Sichuan thrushZoothera griseiceps (Delacour, 1930)50Long-billed thrushZoothera monticola Vigors, 183251GeomaliaZoothera heinrichi (Stresemann, 1931)52Dark-sided thrushZoothera marginata Blyth, 184753Everett's thrushZoothera everetti (Sharpe, 1892)54Sunda thrushZoothera andromedae (Temminck, 1826)55White's thrushZoothera aurea (Holandre, 1825)56Scaly thrushZoothera dauma (Latham, 1790)57Nilgiri thrushZoothera neilgherriensis (Blyth, 1847)58Sri Lanka thrushZoothera imbricata Layard, EL, 185459Amami thrushZoothera major (Ogawa, 1905)60Bonin thrush (X)Zoothera terrestris (Kittlitz, 1830)61Guadalcanal thrushZoothera turipavae Cain & Galbraith, ICJ, 195562Makira thrushZoothera margaretae (Mayr, 1935)63Russet-tailed thrushZoothera heinei (Cabanis, 1851)64Fawn-breasted thrushZoothera machiki (Forbes, HO, 1884)65Bassian thrushZoothera lunulata (Latham, 1801)66New Britain thrushZoothera talaseae (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1926)67Bougainville thrushZoothera atrigena Ripley & Hadden, 198268Siberian thrushGeokichla sibirica (Pallas, 1776)69Pied thrushGeokichla wardii (Blyth, 1843)70Grey ground thrushGeokichla princei (Sharpe, 1874)71Black-eared ground thrushGeokichla camaronensis Sharpe, 190572Spotted ground thrushGeokichla guttata (Vigors, 1831)73Spot-winged thrushGeokichla spiloptera (Blyth, 1847)74Crossley's ground thrushGeokichla crossleyi (Sharpe, 1871)75Abyssinian ground thrushGeokichla piaggiae (Bouvier, 1877)76Oberländer's ground thrushGeokichla oberlaenderi Sassi, 191477Orange ground thrushGeokichla gurneyi (Hartlaub, 1864)78Orange-headed thrushGeokichla citrina (Latham, 1790)79Buru thrushGeokichla dumasi Rothschild, 189980Seram thrushGeokichla joiceyi (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1921)81Orange-sided thrushGeokichla peronii (Vieillot, 1818)82Slaty-backed thrushGeokichla schistacea Meyer, AB, 188483Chestnut-capped thrushGeokichla interpres (Temminck, 1828)84Enggano thrushGeokichla leucolaema Salvadori, 189285Chestnut-backed thrushGeokichla dohertyi Hartert, EJO, 189686Ashy thrushGeokichla cinerea Bourns & Worcester, 189487Red-backed thrushGeokichla erythronota Sclater, PL, 185988Red-and-black thrushGeokichla mendeni (Neumann, 1939)89Ethiopian thrushTurdus simensis (Rüppell, 1837)90Groundscraper thrushTurdus litsitsirupa (Smith, A, 1836)91Chinese thrushTurdus mupinensis Laubmann, 192092Song thrushTurdus philomelos Brehm, CL, 183193Mistle thrushTurdus viscivorus Linnaeus, 175894African thrushTurdus pelios Bonaparte, 185095Principe thrushTurdus xanthorhynchus Salvadori, 190196Sao Tome thrushTurdus olivaceofuscus Hartlaub, 185297Abyssinian thrushTurdus abyssinicus Gmelin, JF, 178998Taita thrushTurdus helleri (Mearns, 1913)99Usambara thrushTurdus roehli Reichenow, 1905100Olive thrushTurdus olivaceus Linnaeus, 1766101Kurrichane thrushTurdus libonyana (Smith, A, 1836)102Comoro thrushTurdus bewsheri Newton, E, 1877103Bare-eyed thrushTurdus tephronotus Cabanis, 1878104Karoo thrushTurdus smithi Bonaparte, 1850105Somali thrushTurdus ludoviciae (Lort Phillips, 1895)106Chinese blackbirdTurdus mandarinus Bonaparte, 1850107RedwingTurdus iliacus Linnaeus, 1758108Common blackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758109Yemen thrushTurdus menachensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1913110Taiwan thrushTurdus niveiceps (Hellmayr, 1919)111Grey-winged blackbirdTurdus boulboul (Latham, 1790)112Indian blackbirdTurdus simillimus Jerdon, 1839113Tickell's thrushTurdus unicolor Tickell, 1833114Black-breasted thrushTurdus dissimilis Blyth, 1847115Japanese thrushTurdus cardis Temminck, 1831116Grey-backed thrushTurdus hortulorum Sclater, PL, 1863117Eyebrowed thrushTurdus obscurus Gmelin, JF, 1789118Pale thrushTurdus pallidus Gmelin, JF, 1789119Grey-sided thrushTurdus feae (Salvadori, 1887)120Brown-headed thrushTurdus chrysolaus Temminck, 1832121Izu thrushTurdus celaenops Stejneger, 1887122Mindoro island thrushTurdus mindorensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1896123Luzon island thrushTurdus thomassoni (Seebohm, 1894)124Mindanao island thrushTurdus nigrorum Ogilvie-Grant, 1896125Wallacean island thrushTurdus schlegelii P. L. Sclater, 1861126Christmas island thrushTurdus erythropleurus Sharpe, 1887127Sundiac island thrushTurdus javanicus Horsfield, 1821128Moluccan island thrushTurdus deningeri Stresemann, 1912129Papuan island thrushTurdus papuensis (De Vis, 1890)130Bismarck island thrushTurdus heinrothi Rothschild & Hartert, 1924131Bougainville island thrushTurdus bougainvillei Mayr, 1941132Solomons island thrushTurdus kulambangrae Mayr, 1941133Vanikoro island thrushTurdus vanikorensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830134White-headed island thrushTurdus pritzbueri E. L. Layard, 1878135New Caledonian island thrushTurdus xanthopus J. R. Forster, 1844136Tasman Sea island thrush (X)Turdus poliocephalus Latham, 1801137Samoan island thrushTurdus samoensis Tristram, 1879138Fiji island thrushTurdus ruficeps (E. P. Ramsay, 1876)139Tibetan blackbirdTurdus maximus (Seebohm, 1881)140White-backed thrushTurdus kessleri (Przevalski, 1876)141FieldfareTurdus pilaris Linnaeus, 1758142Ring ouzelTurdus torquatus Linnaeus, 1758143Black-throated thrushTurdus atrogularis Jarocki, 1819144Red-throated thrushTurdus ruficollis Pallas, 1776145Dusky thrushTurdus eunomus Temminck, 1831146Naumann's thrushTurdus naumanni Temminck, 1820147Chestnut thrushTurdus rubrocanus Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847148White-collared blackbirdTurdus albocinctus Royle, 1840149Sulawesi thrushTurdus turdoides (Hartert, EJO, 1896)150American robinTurdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766151Black thrushTurdus infuscatus (Lafresnaye, 1844)152Rufous-collared thrushTurdus rufitorques Hartlaub, 1844153Sooty thrushTurdus nigrescens Cabanis, 1861154Western red-legged thrushTurdus plumbeus Linnaeus, 1758155Eastern red-legged thrushTurdus ardosiaceus Vieillot, 1822156Grand Cayman thrush (X)Turdus ravidus (Cory, 1886)157White-chinned thrushTurdus aurantius Gmelin, JF, 1789158Forest thrushTurdus lherminieri Lafresnaye, 1844159Mountain thrushTurdus plebejus Cabanis, 1861160Pale-eyed thrushTurdus leucops Taczanowski, 1877161White-eyed thrushTurdus jamaicensis Gmelin, JF, 1789162La Selle thrushTurdus swalesi (Wetmore, 1927)163Chestnut-bellied thrushTurdus fulviventris Sclater, PL, 1858164Plumbeous-backed thrushTurdus reevei Lawrence, 1869165Chiguanco thrushTurdus chiguanco d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837166Andean slaty thrushTurdus nigriceps Cabanis, 1874167Glossy-black thrushTurdus serranus Tschudi, 1844168Black-hooded thrushTurdus olivater (Lafresnaye, 1848)169Great thrushTurdus fuscater d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837170Austral thrushTurdus falcklandii Quoy & Gaimard, 1824171Lawrence's thrushTurdus lawrencii Coues, 1880172Pantepui thrushTurdus murinus Salvin, 1885173Blacksmith thrushTurdus subalaris (Seebohm, 1887)174Creamy-bellied thrushTurdus amaurochalinus Cabanis, 1851175Tristan thrushTurdus eremita (Gould, 1855)176Maranon thrushTurdus maranonicus Taczanowski, 1880177Black-billed thrushTurdus ignobilis Sclater, PL, 1858178Campina thrushTurdus arthuri (Chubb, C, 1914)179Yellow-legged thrushTurdus flavipes Vieillot, 1818180White-throated thrushTurdus assimilis Cabanis, 1851181Dagua thrushTurdus daguae Berlepsch, 1897182White-necked thrushTurdus albicollis Vieillot, 1818183Rufous-backed thrushTurdus rufopalliatus Lafresnaye, 1840184Pale-vented thrushTurdus obsoletus Lawrence, 1862185Pale-breasted thrushTurdus leucomelas Vieillot, 1818186Cocoa thrushTurdus fumigatus Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823187Hauxwell's thrushTurdus hauxwelli Lawrence, 1869188Rufous-bellied thrushTurdus rufiventris Vieillot, 1818189Clay-colored thrushTurdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838190Spectacled thrushTurdus nudigenis Lafresnaye, 1848191Ecuadorian thrushTurdus maculirostris Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884192Varzea thrushTurdus sanchezorum O'Neill, Lane & Naka, 2011193Unicolored thrushTurdus haplochrous Todd, 1931194
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