Typical Thrushes
Turdus
Turdus is a genus of medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the wider thrush family, Turdidae. The genus name Turdus is Latin for 'thrush'.
Most of the species are called thrushes; the term thrush is also used for many other birds in the family Turdidae, as well as for a few species belonging to other families. Some Old World species with fully or largely black plumage are called blackbirds, and one, the ring ouzel, still retains the Old English name ouzel, which, until the 17th century, was also used (as "black ouzel") for the common blackbird; it is cognate with the German name Amsel for the same species. Some New World species are called robins, the best known of which is the American robin. Two other species have their own distinct names without "thrush", fieldfare and redwing, derived from behavioural characteristics and plumage features, respectively.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 103 known species
American Robin
speciesTurdus migratorius
Eurasian Blackbird
speciesTurdus merula
Fieldfare
speciesTurdus pilaris
Song Thrush
speciesTurdus philomelos
Redwing
speciesTurdus iliacus
Mistle Thrush
speciesTurdus viscivorus
Clay-colored Thrush
speciesTurdus grayi
Rufous-bellied Thrush
speciesTurdus rufiventris
Rufous-backed Robin
speciesTurdus rufopalliatus
Great Thrush
speciesTurdus fuscater
Pale-breasted Thrush
speciesTurdus leucomelas
Creamy-bellied Thrush
speciesTurdus amaurochalinus
Chinese Blackbird
speciesTurdus mandarinus
Dusky Thrush
speciesTurdus eunomus
Chiguanco Thrush
speciesTurdus chiguanco
Austral Thrush
speciesTurdus falcklandii
Black-billed Thrush
speciesTurdus ignobilis
Pale Thrush
speciesTurdus pallidus
Ring Ouzel
speciesTurdus torquatus
Black-throated Thrush
speciesTurdus atrogularis
Olive Thrush
speciesTurdus olivaceus
White-throated Thrush
speciesTurdus assimilis
Grey-backed Thrush
speciesTurdus hortulorum
Kurrichane Thrush
speciesTurdus libonyana
Brown-headed Thrush
speciesTurdus chrysolaus
Naumann's Thrush
speciesTurdus naumanni
Karoo Thrush
speciesTurdus smithi
Eyebrowed Thrush
speciesTurdus obscurus
Japanese Thrush
speciesTurdus cardis
Groundscraper Thrush
speciesTurdus litsitsirupa
African Thrush
speciesTurdus pelios
Eastern Red-legged Thrush
speciesTurdus ardosiaceus
Yellow-legged Thrush
speciesTurdus flavipes
Spectacled Thrush
speciesTurdus nudigenis
Red-throated Thrush
speciesTurdus ruficollis
Ecuadorian Thrush
speciesTurdus maculirostris
White-necked Thrush
speciesTurdus albicollis
Abyssinian Thrush
speciesTurdus abyssinicus
Western Red-legged Thrush
speciesTurdus plumbeus
Sooty Thrush
speciesTurdus nigrescens
Rufous-collared Robin
speciesTurdus rufitorques
Mountain Thrush
speciesTurdus plebejus
Gray-winged Blackbird
speciesTurdus boulboul
Indian Blackbird
speciesTurdus simillimus
Black-breasted Thrush
speciesTurdus dissimilis
Chestnut Thrush
speciesTurdus rubrocanus
Glossy-black Thrush
speciesTurdus serranus
White-collared Blackbird
speciesTurdus albocinctus
Cocoa Thrush
speciesTurdus fumigatus
Tickell's Thrush
speciesTurdus unicolor
Sundaic island-thrush
speciesTurdus javanicus
White-chinned Thrush
speciesTurdus aurantius
White-backed Thrush
speciesTurdus kessleri
Blacksmith Thrush
speciesTurdus subalaris
Chinese Thrush
speciesTurdus mupinensis
Black Thrush
speciesTurdus infuscatus
Taiwan Thrush
speciesTurdus niveiceps
Christmas island-thrush
speciesTurdus erythropleurus
African Bare-eyed Thrush
speciesTurdus tephronotus
Andean Slaty Thrush
speciesTurdus nigriceps
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2
Mark Catesby · 1743 · p.43
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.913
Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura
Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.762
Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura
Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.768
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.907
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.390
De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.35
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)
Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.37
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.101
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.914
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.195
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.197
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