True thrush

The true thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Turdus of the thrush family Turdidae.

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Several species have also colonised some oceanic islands, and two species have been introduced to New Zealand. Some New World species are called robins, the most famous of which is the American Robin. Several species are migratory.

While some species are often split out of Turdus, the two small thrushes formerly separated in Platycichla by many authors are usually placed in the present genus again in recent years.

List of species

 * Mistle Thrush, Turdus viscivorus
 * Song Thrush, Turdus philomelos
 * Chinese Thrush, Turdus mupinensis
 * Bare-eyed Thrush, Turdus tephronotus
 * Kurrichane Thrush, Turdus libonyanus
 * Yemen Thrush, Turdus menachensis
 * Comoros Thrush, Turdus bewsheri
 * La Selle Thrush, Turdus swalesi
 * White-eyed Thrush, Turdus jamaicensis
 * Red-legged Thrush, Turdus plumbeus
 * White-chinned Thrush, Turdus aurantius
 * Grand Cayman Thrush, Turdus ravidus - extinct (1940s)
 * Redwing, Turdus iliacus
 * Sooty Thrush, Turdus nigrescens
 * Black Thrush, Turdus infuscatus
 * Rufous-backed Robin/Rufous-backed Thrush, Turdus rufopalliatus
 * Rufous-collared Robin/Rufous-collared Thrush, Turdus rufitorques
 * American Robin, Turdus migratorius
 * Somali Thrush/Somali Blackbird, Turdus ludoviciae - formerly in T. olivaceus
 * Taita Thrush, Turdus helleri - formerly in T. olivaceus
 * Abyssinian Thrush, Turdus abyssinicus
 * Usambara Thrush, Turdus roehli
 * Sao Tome Thrush/Olivaceous Thrush, Turdus olivaceofuscus
 * Principe Thrush, Turdus xanthorhynchus
 * Olive Thrush, Turdus olivaceus
 * Karoo Thrush, Turdus smithi
 * Forest Thrush, Turdus lherminieri (formerly Cichlherminia lherminieri)
 * Mountain Thrush, Turdus plebejus
 * Eurasian Blackbird/Common Blackbird, Turdus merula
 * Chinese Blackbird, Turdus (merula) mandarinus
 * Tibetan Blackbird, Turdus maximus
 * Indian Blackbird, Turdus simillimus
 * Grey-winged Blackbird, Turdus boulboul
 * Japanese Thrush, Turdus cardis
 * Grey-backed Thrush, Turdus hortulorum
 * Tickell's Thrush, Turdus unicolor
 * Black-breasted Thrush, Turdus dissimilis
 * Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris
 * Kessler's Thrush/White-backed Thrush, Turdus kessleri
 * Ring Ouzel, Turdus torquatus
 * Red-throated Thrush/Dark-throated Thrush, Turdus ruficollis
 * Black-throated Thrush, Turdus atrogularis
 * Naumann's Thrush, Turdus naumanni
 * Dusky Thrush, Turdus eunomus
 * White-collared Blackbird, Turdus albocinctus
 * Chestnut Thrush, Turdus rubrocanus
 * Island Thrush, Turdus poliocephalus
 * Christmas Island Thrush, Turdus poliocephalus erythropleurus - common Christmas Island endemic subspecies
 * Norfolk Thrush, Turdus poliocephalus poliocephalus - extinct (c.1975)
 * Maré Island Thrush, Turdus poliocephalus mareensis - extinct (early 20th century)
 * Lord Howe Island Thrush, Turdus poliocephalus vinitinctus - extinct (1920s)
 * Lifou Island Thrush, Turdus poliocephalus pritzbueri - possibly extinct (early 20th century?)
 * Brown-headed Thrush, Turdus chrysolaus
 * Izu Thrush, Turdus celaenops'
 * Eyebrowed Thrush, Turdus obscurus
 * Grey-sided Thrush, Turdus feae
 * Pale Thrush, Turdus pallidus
 * Pale-eyed Thrush, Turdus leucops
 * African Thrush, Turdus pelios
 * Austral Thrush, Turdus falcklandii
 * Plumbeous-backed Thrush, Turdus reevei
 * Yellow-legged Thrush, Turdus flavipes
 * Pale-breasted Thrush, Turdus leucomelas
 * Cocoa Thrush, Turdus fumigatus
 * Hauxwell's Thrush, Turdus hauxwelli
 * Pale-vented Thrush, Turdus obsoletus
 * Rufous-bellied Thrush, Turdus rufiventris
 * Ecuadorian Thrush, Turdus maculirostris
 * Clay-coloured Thrush, Turdus grayi
 * Spectacled Thrush, Turdus nudigenis
 * Varzea Thrush, Turdus sanchezorum
 * Uncoloured Thrush, Turdus haplochrous
 * Lawrence's Thrush, Turdus lawrencii
 * Tristan Thrush, Turdus eremita (formerly Nesocichla eremita)
 * Creamy-bellied Thrush, Turdus amaurochalinus
 * Black-billed Thrush, Turdus ignobilis
 * Maranon Thrush, Turdus maranonicus
 * White-throated Thrush, Turdus assimilis
 * Dagua Thrush, Turdus (assimilis) daguae
 * White-necked Thrush, Turdus albicollis
 * Chestnut-bellied Thrush, Turdus fulviventris
 * Rufous-flanked Thrush Turdus (albicollis) albicollis
 * Grey-flanked Thrush Turdus (albicollis) phaeopygos
 * Black-hooded Thrush, Turdus olivater
 * Cauca Black-hooded Thrush, Turdus olivater caucae - possibly extinct (late 20th century?)
 * Slaty Thrush/Andean Slaty Thrush, Turdus nigriceps
 * Eastern Slaty Thrush, Turdus subalaris
 * Great Thrush, Turdus fuscater
 * Chiguanco Thrush, Turdus chiguanco
 * Glossy-black Thrush, Turdus serranus
 * Glossy-black Thrush, Turdus serranus