Thrushes are attractive passerines found throughout the world with the greatest diversity found in Europe and Asia. All members of the Turdidae family, these birds are popular and welcome in the backyard because of their generally insectivorous diets, beautiful plumage and melodious voices. Often staying in the same range year-round and shifting their diets to include more fruit, berries and seeds when insects are scarce, thrushes are easily attracted to ground bird baths and will appreciate leaf litter left in place for foraging.

Alphabetical List of Thrush Species

Sorted by Common Name

* - Considered threatened or vulnerable due to population decreases and growing survival threats
** - Listed as endangered and in critical danger of extinction if conservation is not implemented (Classifications by BirdLife International)

• Abyssinian Ground-Thrush (Zoothera piaggiae)
• African Thrush (Turdus pelios)
• American Mountain Thrush (Turdus plebejus)
• American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
• Andean Solitaire (Myadestes ralloides)
• *Ashy Thrush (Zoothera cinerea)
• Austral Thrush (Turdus falcklandii)
• Aztec Thrush (Zoothera pinicola)
• Bare-Eyed Thrush (Turdus tephronotus)
• Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata)
• *Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus bicknelli)
• Black Solitaire (Entomodestes coracinus)
• Black Thrush (Turdus infuscatus)
• Black-Billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus gracilirostris)
• Black-Billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis)
• Black-Breasted Thrush (Turdus dissimilis)
• Black-Eared Ground-Thrush (Zoothera camaronensis)
• Black-Faced Solitaire (Myadestes melanops)
• Black-Headed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus mexicanus)

• Black-Hooded Thrush (Turdus olivater)
• Blue Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
• Bornean Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus borneensis)
• Brown-Backed Solitaire (Myadestes occidentalis)
• Brown-Chested Alethe (Alethe poliocephala)
• Brown-Headed Thrush (Turdus chrysolaus)
• *Buru Thrush (Zoothera dumasi)
• Cape Rock-jumper (Chaetops frenatus)
• Chestnut Thrush (Turdus rubrocanus)
• *Chestnut-Backed Thrush (Zoothera dohertyi)
• Chestnut-Bellied Thrush (Turdus fulviventris)
• *Chestnut-Capped Thrush (Zoothera interpres)
• *Chestnut-Winged Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus castaneus)
• Chiguanco Thrush (Turdus chiguanco)
• Chinese Thrush (Turdus mupinensis)
• Clay-Coloured Thrush (Turdus grayi)
• Cocoa Thrush (Turdus fumigatus)
• Comoro Thrush (Turdus bewsheri)
• Creamy-Bellied Thrush (Turdus amaurochalinus)
• *Crossley's Ground-Thrush (Zoothera crossleyi)
• *Cuban Solitaire (Myadestes elisabeth)
• Dark-Sided Thrush (Zoothera marginata)
• Dark-Throated Thrush (Turdus ruficollis)
• Drakensberg Rockjumper (Chaetops aurantius)
• Dusky Thrush (Turdus naumanni)
• Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
• Ecuadorian Thrush (Turdus maculirostris)
• *Enggano Thrush (Zoothera leucolaema)
• Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
• Eurasian Scaly Thrush (Zoothera dauma)
• *Everett's Thrush (Zoothera everetti)
• Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus)
• *Fawn-Breasted Thrush (Zoothera machiki)
• Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
• Fire-Crested Alethe (Alethe castanea)
• *Forest Ground-Thrush (Zoothera oberlaenderi)
• *Forest Thrush (Turdus lherminieri)
• Fruit-Hunter (Chlamydochaera jefferyi)
• *Geomalia (Geomalia heinrichi)
• Glossy-Black Thrush (Turdus serranus)
• Gould's Shortwing (Brachypteryx stellata)
• Great Shortwing (Heinrichia calligyna)
• Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater)
• Green Cochoa (Cochoa viridis)
• Grey Ground-Thrush (Zoothera princei)
• Grey-Backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum)
• Grey-Cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
• *Grey-Sided Thrush (Turdus feae)
• Grey-Winged Blackbird (Turdus boulboul)
• Groundscraper Thrush (Psophocichla litsitsirupa)
• *Guadalcanal Thrush (Zoothera turipavae)
• Hauxwell's Thrush (Turdus hauxwelli)
• Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
• Island Thrush (Turdus poliocephalus)
• *Izu Thrush (Turdus celaenops)
• Japanese Thrush (Turdus cardis)
• *Javan Cochoa (Cochoa azurea)
• Javan Whistling Thrush (Myophonus glaucinus)
• Kurrichane Thrush (Turdus libonyanus)
• **La Selle Thrush (Turdus swalesi)
• Lawrence's Thrush (Turdus lawrencii)
• Lesser Shortwing (Brachypteryx leucophrys)
• Long-Billed Thrush (Zoothera monticola)
• Long-Tailed Thrush (Zoothera dixoni)
• *Makira Thrush (Zoothera margaretae)
• Malabar Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii)
• *Malaysian Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus robinsoni)
• Maranon Thrush (Turdus maranonicus)
• Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
• Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
• *New Britain Thrush (Zoothera talaseae)
• Olive Thrush (Turdus olivaceus)
• **Olomao (Myadestes lanaiensis)
• *Omao (Myadestes obscurus)
• Orange Ground-Thrush (Zoothera gurneyi)
• *Orange-Banded Thrush (Zoothera peronii)
• Orange-Billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris)
• Orange-Headed Thrush (Zoothera citrina)
• Pale Thrush (Turdus pallidus)
• Pale-Breasted Thrush (Turdus leucomelas)
• Pale-Eyed Thrush (Turdus leucops)
• Pale-Vented Thrush (Turdus obsoletus)
• Pied Thrush (Zoothera wardii)
• Plain-Backed Thrush (Zoothera mollissima)
• Plumbeous-Backed Thrush (Turdus reevei)
• **Principe Thrush (Turdus xanthorhynchus)
• **Puaiohi (Myadestes palmeri)
• Purple Cochoa (Cochoa purpurea)
• *Red-and-Black Thrush (Zoothera mendeni)
• *Red-Backed Thrush (Zoothera erythronota)
• Red-Legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus)
• Red-Tailed Ant-Thrush (Neocossyphus rufus)
• Red-Throated Alethe (Alethe poliophrys)
• Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
• Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
• Ruddy-Capped Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus frantzii)
• Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush (Stizorhina fraseri)
• Rufous-Backed Robin (Turdus rufopalliatus)
• Rufous-Bellied Thrush (Turdus rufiventris)
• Rufous-Brown Solitaire (Cichlopsis leucogenys)
• Rufous-Collared Robin (Turdus rufitorques)
• Rufous-Throated Solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis)
• Russet Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus occidentalis)
• Russet-Tailed Thrush (Zoothera heinei)
• *Rusty-Bellied Shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra)
• *Sao Tome Thrush (Turdus olivaceofuscus)
• *Seram Thrush (Zoothera joiceyi)
• Shiny Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus melanurus)
• Siberian Thrush (Zoothera sibirica)
• Slate-Coloured Solitaire (Myadestes unicolor)
• Slaty Thrush (Turdus nigriceps)
• Slaty-Backed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus fuscater)
• *Slaty-Backed Thrush (Zoothera schistacea)
• *Somali Thrush (Turdus ludoviciae)
• Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
• Sooty Thrush (Turdus nigrescens)
• Spectacled Thrush (Turdus nudigenis)
• *Spot-Winged Thrush (Zoothera spiloptera)
• **Spotted Ground-Thrush (Zoothera guttata)
• Spotted Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus dryas)
• *Sri Lanka Scaly Thrush (Zoothera imbricata)
• **Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus blighi)
• Sulawesi Thrush (Cataponera turdoides)
• *Sumatran Cochoa (Cochoa beccarii)
• Sunda Thrush (Zoothera andromedae)
• Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
• **Taita Thrush (Turdus helleri)
• Taiwan Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus insularis)
• **Thyolo Alethe (Alethe choloensis)
• Tickell's Thrush (Turdus unicolor)
• Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)
• *Tristan Thrush (Nesocichla eremita)
• *Unicoloured Thrush (Turdus haplochrous)
• Varied Solitaire (Myadestes coloratus)
• Varied Thrush (Zoothera naevia)
• Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
• Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
• White-Backed Thrush (Turdus kessleri)
• White-Browed Shortwing (Brachypteryx montana)
• White-Chested Alethe (Alethe fuelleborni)
• White-Chinned Thrush (Turdus aurantius)
• White-Collared Blackbird (Turdus albocinctus)
• White-Eared Solitaire (Entomodestes leucotis)
• White-Eyed Thrush (Turdus jamaicensis)
• White-Necked Thrush (Turdus albicollis)
• White-Tailed Alethe (Alethe diademata)
• White-Tailed Ant-Thrush (Neocossyphus poensis)
• White-Throated Thrush (Turdus assimilis)
• Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
• Yellow-Legged Thrush (Turdus flavipes)
• *Yemen Thrush (Turdus menachensis)

Photo – Blue Whistling-Thrush © JJ Harrison