Thrushes and allies form the passerine bird family Turdidae. In 2024, the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) accepted 193 species of thrushes, [1] with one more added in 2025. [2] 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). [1] [2]
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 + authority | IOC sequence |
|---|---|---|
| Grandala | Grandala coelicolor Hodgson, 1843 | 1 |
| Mountain bluebird | Sialia currucoides(Bechstein, 1798) | 2 |
| Western bluebird | Sialia mexicana Swainson, 1832 | 3 |
| Eastern bluebird | Sialia sialis(Linnaeus, 1758) | 4 |
| Finsch's rufous thrush | Stizorhina finschi(Sharpe, 1870) | 5 |
| Fraser's rufous thrush | Stizorhina fraseri(Strickland, 1844) | 6 |
| White-tailed ant thrush | Neocossyphus poensis(Strickland, 1844) | 7 |
| Red-tailed ant thrush | Neocossyphus rufus(Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) | 8 |
| Boulder chat | Pinarornis plumosus Sharpe, 1876 | 9 |
| Brown-backed solitaire | Myadestes occidentalis Stejneger, 1882 | 10 |
| Slate-colored solitaire | Myadestes unicolor Sclater, PL, 1857 | 11 |
| Townsend's solitaire | Myadestes townsendi(Audubon, 1838) | 12 |
| Kamao (X) | Myadestes myadestinus(Stejneger, 1887) | 13 |
| Amaui (X) | Myadestes woahensis(Bloxam, A, 1899) | 14 |
| Olomao | Myadestes lanaiensis(Wilson, SB, 1891) | 15 |
| Omao | Myadestes obscurus(Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 16 |
| Puaiohi | Myadestes palmeri(Rothschild, 1893) | 17 |
| Cuban solitaire | Myadestes elisabeth(Lembeye, 1850) | 18 |
| Rufous-throated solitaire | Myadestes genibarbis Swainson, 1838 | 19 |
| Black-faced solitaire | Myadestes melanops Salvin, 1865 | 20 |
| Varied solitaire | Myadestes coloratus Nelson, 1912 | 21 |
| Andean solitaire | Myadestes ralloides(d'Orbigny, 1840) | 22 |
| Fruithunter | Chlamydochaera jefferyi Sharpe, 1887 | 23 |
| Purple cochoa | Cochoa purpurea Hodgson, 1836 | 24 |
| Green cochoa | Cochoa viridis Hodgson, 1836 | 25 |
| Sumatran cochoa | Cochoa beccarii Salvadori, 1879 | 26 |
| Javan cochoa | Cochoa azurea(Temminck, 1824) | 27 |
| Varied thrush | Ixoreus naevius(Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 28 |
| Aztec thrush | Ridgwayia pinicola(Sclater, PL, 1859) | 29 |
| Rufous-brown solitaire | Cichlopsis leucogenys Cabanis, 1851 | 30 |
| Black solitaire | Entomodestes coracinus(Berlepsch, 1897) | 31 |
| White-eared solitaire | Entomodestes leucotis(Tschudi, 1844) | 32 |
| Wood thrush | Hylocichla mustelina(Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 33 |
| Yellow-throated nightingale-thrush | Catharus dryas(Gould, 1855) | 34 |
| Speckled nightingale-thrush | Catharus maculatus(Sclater, PL, 1858) | 35 |
| Orange-billed nightingale-thrush | Catharus aurantiirostris(Hartlaub, 1850) | 36 |
| Black-headed nightingale-thrush | Catharus mexicanus(Bonaparte, 1856) | 37 |
| Slaty-backed nightingale-thrush | Catharus fuscater(Lafresnaye, 1845) | 38 |
| Swainson's thrush | Catharus ustulatus(Nuttall, 1840) | 39 |
| Black-billed nightingale-thrush | Catharus gracilirostris Salvin, 1865 | 40 |
| Hermit thrush | Catharus guttatus(Pallas, 1811) | 41 |
| Russet nightingale-thrush | Catharus occidentalis Sclater, PL, 1859 | 42 |
| Ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush | Catharus frantzii Cabanis, 1861 | 43 |
| Grey-cheeked thrush | Catharus minimus(Lafresnaye, 1848) | 44 |
| Bicknell's thrush | Catharus bicknelli(Ridgway, 1882) | 45 |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens(Stephens, 1817) | 46 |
| Long-tailed thrush | Zoothera dixoni(Seebohm, 1881) | 47 |
| Alpine thrush | Zoothera mollissima(Blyth, 1842) | 48 |
| Himalayan thrush | Zoothera salimaliiAlström, Rasmussen, Zhao J, Xu J, Dalvi, Cai T, Guan Y, Zhang R, Kalyakin, Lei F & Olsson, 2016 | 49 |
| Sichuan thrush | Zoothera griseiceps(Delacour, 1930) | 50 |
| Long-billed thrush | Zoothera monticola Vigors, 1832 | 51 |
| Geomalia | Zoothera heinrichi(Stresemann, 1931) | 52 |
| Dark-sided thrush | Zoothera marginata Blyth, 1847 | 53 |
| Everett's thrush | Zoothera everetti(Sharpe, 1892) | 54 |
| Sunda thrush | Zoothera andromedae(Temminck, 1826) | 55 |
| White's thrush | Zoothera aurea(Holandre, 1825) | 56 |
| Scaly thrush | Zoothera dauma(Latham, 1790) | 57 |
| Nilgiri thrush | Zoothera neilgherriensis(Blyth, 1847) | 58 |
| Sri Lanka thrush | Zoothera imbricata Layard, EL, 1854 | 59 |
| Amami thrush | Zoothera major(Ogawa, 1905) | 60 |
| Bonin thrush (X) | Zoothera terrestris(Kittlitz, 1830) | 61 |
| Guadalcanal thrush | Zoothera turipavae Cain & Galbraith, ICJ, 1955 | 62 |
| Makira thrush | Zoothera margaretae(Mayr, 1935) | 63 |
| Russet-tailed thrush | Zoothera heinei(Cabanis, 1851) | 64 |
| Fawn-breasted thrush | Zoothera machiki(Forbes, HO, 1884) | 65 |
| Bassian thrush | Zoothera lunulata(Latham, 1801) | 66 |
| New Britain thrush | Zoothera talaseae(Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1926) | 67 |
| Bougainville thrush | Zoothera atrigena Ripley & Hadden, 1982 | 68 |
| Siberian thrush | Geokichla sibirica(Pallas, 1776) | 69 |
| Pied thrush | Geokichla wardii(Blyth, 1843) | 70 |
| Grey ground thrush | Geokichla princei(Sharpe, 1874) | 71 |
| Black-eared ground thrush | Geokichla camaronensis Sharpe, 1905 | 72 |
| Spotted ground thrush | Geokichla guttata(Vigors, 1831) | 73 |
| Spot-winged thrush | Geokichla spiloptera(Blyth, 1847) | 74 |
| Crossley's ground thrush | Geokichla crossleyi(Sharpe, 1871) | 75 |
| Abyssinian ground thrush | Geokichla piaggiae(Bouvier, 1877) | 76 |
| Oberländer's ground thrush | Geokichla oberlaenderi Sassi, 1914 | 77 |
| Orange ground thrush | Geokichla gurneyi(Hartlaub, 1864) | 78 |
| Orange-headed thrush | Geokichla citrina(Latham, 1790) | 79 |
| Buru thrush | Geokichla dumasi Rothschild, 1899 | 80 |
| Seram thrush | Geokichla joiceyi(Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1921) | 81 |
| Orange-sided thrush | Geokichla peronii(Vieillot, 1818) | 82 |
| Slaty-backed thrush | Geokichla schistacea Meyer, AB, 1884 | 83 |
| Chestnut-capped thrush | Geokichla interpres(Temminck, 1828) | 84 |
| Enggano thrush | Geokichla leucolaema Salvadori, 1892 | 85 |
| Chestnut-backed thrush | Geokichla dohertyi Hartert, EJO, 1896 | 86 |
| Ashy thrush | Geokichla cinerea Bourns & Worcester, 1894 | 87 |
| Red-backed thrush | Geokichla erythronota Sclater, PL, 1859 | 88 |
| Red-and-black thrush | Geokichla mendeni(Neumann, 1939) | 89 |
| Ethiopian thrush | Turdus simensis(Rüppell, 1837) | 90 |
| Groundscraper thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa(Smith, A, 1836) | 91 |
| Chinese thrush | Turdus mupinensis Laubmann, 1920 | 92 |
| Song thrush | Turdus philomelos Brehm, CL, 1831 | 93 |
| Mistle thrush | Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus, 1758 | 94 |
| African thrush | Turdus pelios Bonaparte, 1850 | 95 |
| Principe thrush | Turdus xanthorhynchus Salvadori, 1901 | 96 |
| Sao Tome thrush | Turdus olivaceofuscus Hartlaub, 1852 | 97 |
| Abyssinian thrush | Turdus abyssinicus Gmelin, JF, 1789 | 98 |
| Taita thrush | Turdus helleri(Mearns, 1913) | 99 |
| Usambara thrush | Turdus roehli Reichenow, 1905 | 100 |
| Olive thrush | Turdus olivaceus Linnaeus, 1766 | 101 |
| Kurrichane thrush | Turdus libonyana(Smith, A, 1836) | 102 |
| Comoro thrush | Turdus bewsheri Newton, E, 1877 | 103 |
| Bare-eyed thrush | Turdus tephronotus Cabanis, 1878 | 104 |
| Karoo thrush | Turdus smithi Bonaparte, 1850 | 105 |
| Somali thrush | Turdus ludoviciae(Lort Phillips, 1895) | 106 |
| Chinese blackbird | Turdus mandarinus Bonaparte, 1850 | 107 |
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus Linnaeus, 1758 | 108 |
| Common blackbird | Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 | 109 |
| Yemen thrush | Turdus menachensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1913 | 110 |
| Taiwan thrush | Turdus niveiceps(Hellmayr, 1919) | 111 |
| Grey-winged blackbird | Turdus boulboul(Latham, 1790) | 112 |
| Indian blackbird | Turdus simillimus Jerdon, 1839 | 113 |
| Tickell's thrush | Turdus unicolor Tickell, 1833 | 114 |
| Black-breasted thrush | Turdus dissimilis Blyth, 1847 | 115 |
| Japanese thrush | Turdus cardis Temminck, 1831 | 116 |
| Grey-backed thrush | Turdus hortulorum Sclater, PL, 1863 | 117 |
| Eyebrowed thrush | Turdus obscurus Gmelin, JF, 1789 | 118 |
| Pale thrush | Turdus pallidus Gmelin, JF, 1789 | 119 |
| Grey-sided thrush | Turdus feae(Salvadori, 1887) | 120 |
| Brown-headed thrush | Turdus chrysolaus Temminck, 1832 | 121 |
| Izu thrush | Turdus celaenops Stejneger, 1887 | 122 |
| Mindoro island thrush | Turdus mindorensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1896 | 123 |
| Luzon island thrush | Turdus thomassoni(Seebohm, 1894) | 124 |
| Mindanao island thrush | Turdus nigrorum Ogilvie-Grant, 1896 | 125 |
| Wallacean island thrush | Turdus schlegelii P. L. Sclater, 1861 | 126 |
| Christmas island thrush | Turdus erythropleurus Sharpe, 1887 | 127 |
| Sundiac island thrush | Turdus javanicus Horsfield, 1821 | 128 |
| Moluccan island thrush | Turdus deningeri Stresemann, 1912 | 129 |
| Papuan island thrush | Turdus papuensis(De Vis, 1890) | 130 |
| Bismarck island thrush | Turdus heinrothi Rothschild & Hartert, 1924 | 131 |
| Bougainville island thrush | Turdus bougainvillei Mayr, 1941 | 132 |
| Solomons island thrush | Turdus kulambangrae Mayr, 1941 | 133 |
| Vanikoro island thrush | Turdus vanikorensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 | 134 |
| White-headed island thrush | Turdus pritzbueri E. L. Layard, 1878 | 135 |
| New Caledonian island thrush | Turdus xanthopus J. R. Forster, 1844 | 136 |
| Tasman Sea island thrush (X) | Turdus poliocephalus Latham, 1801 | 137 |
| Samoan island thrush | Turdus samoensis Tristram, 1879 | 138 |
| Fiji island thrush | Turdus ruficeps(E. P. Ramsay, 1876) | 139 |
| Tibetan blackbird | Turdus maximus(Seebohm, 1881) | 140 |
| White-backed thrush | Turdus kessleri(Przevalski, 1876) | 141 |
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris Linnaeus, 1758 | 142 |
| Ring ouzel | Turdus torquatus Linnaeus, 1758 | 143 |
| Black-throated thrush | Turdus atrogularis Jarocki, 1819 | 144 |
| Red-throated thrush | Turdus ruficollis Pallas, 1776 | 145 |
| Dusky thrush | Turdus eunomus Temminck, 1831 | 146 |
| Naumann's thrush | Turdus naumanni Temminck, 1820 | 147 |
| Chestnut thrush | Turdus rubrocanus Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847 | 148 |
| White-collared blackbird | Turdus albocinctus Royle, 1840 | 149 |
| Sulawesi thrush | Turdus turdoides(Hartert, EJO, 1896) | 150 |
| American robin | Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 | 151 |
| Black thrush | Turdus infuscatus(Lafresnaye, 1844) | 152 |
| Rufous-collared thrush | Turdus rufitorques Hartlaub, 1844 | 153 |
| Sooty thrush | Turdus nigrescens Cabanis, 1861 | 154 |
| Western red-legged thrush | Turdus plumbeus Linnaeus, 1758 | 155 |
| Eastern red-legged thrush | Turdus ardosiaceus Vieillot, 1822 | 156 |
| Grand Cayman thrush (X) | Turdus ravidus(Cory, 1886) | 157 |
| White-chinned thrush | Turdus aurantius Gmelin, JF, 1789 | 158 |
| Forest thrush | Turdus lherminieri Lafresnaye, 1844 | 159 |
| Mountain thrush | Turdus plebejus Cabanis, 1861 | 160 |
| Pale-eyed thrush | Turdus leucops Taczanowski, 1877 | 161 |
| White-eyed thrush | Turdus jamaicensis Gmelin, JF, 1789 | 162 |
| La Selle thrush | Turdus swalesi(Wetmore, 1927) | 163 |
| Chestnut-bellied thrush | Turdus fulviventris Sclater, PL, 1858 | 164 |
| Plumbeous-backed thrush | Turdus reevei Lawrence, 1869 | 165 |
| Chiguanco thrush | Turdus chiguanco d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 | 166 |
| Andean slaty thrush | Turdus nigriceps Cabanis, 1874 | 167 |
| Glossy-black thrush | Turdus serranus Tschudi, 1844 | 168 |
| Black-hooded thrush | Turdus olivater(Lafresnaye, 1848) | 169 |
| Great thrush | Turdus fuscater d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 | 170 |
| Austral thrush | Turdus falcklandii Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | 171 |
| Lawrence's thrush | Turdus lawrencii Coues, 1880 | 172 |
| Pantepui thrush | Turdus murinus Salvin, 1885 | 173 |
| Blacksmith thrush | Turdus subalaris(Seebohm, 1887) | 174 |
| Creamy-bellied thrush | Turdus amaurochalinus Cabanis, 1851 | 175 |
| Tristan thrush | Turdus eremita(Gould, 1855) | 176 |
| Maranon thrush | Turdus maranonicus Taczanowski, 1880 | 177 |
| Black-billed thrush | Turdus ignobilis Sclater, PL, 1858 | 178 |
| Campina thrush | Turdus arthuri(Chubb, C, 1914) | 179 |
| Yellow-legged thrush | Turdus flavipes Vieillot, 1818 | 180 |
| White-throated thrush | Turdus assimilis Cabanis, 1851 | 181 |
| Dagua thrush | Turdus daguae Berlepsch, 1897 | 182 |
| White-necked thrush | Turdus albicollis Vieillot, 1818 | 183 |
| Rufous-backed thrush | Turdus rufopalliatus Lafresnaye, 1840 | 184 |
| Pale-vented thrush | Turdus obsoletus Lawrence, 1862 | 185 |
| Pale-breasted thrush | Turdus leucomelas Vieillot, 1818 | 186 |
| Cocoa thrush | Turdus fumigatus Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823 | 187 |
| Hauxwell's thrush | Turdus hauxwelli Lawrence, 1869 | 188 |
| Rufous-bellied thrush | Turdus rufiventris Vieillot, 1818 | 189 |
| Clay-colored thrush | Turdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 | 190 |
| Spectacled thrush | Turdus nudigenis Lafresnaye, 1848 | 191 |
| Ecuadorian thrush | Turdus maculirostris Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884 | 192 |
| Varzea thrush | Turdus sanchezorumO'Neill, Lane & Naka, 2011 | 193 |
| Unicolored thrush | Turdus haplochrous Todd, 1931 | 194 |