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The Thrushes, family Turdidae, are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively in the Old World. Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... The hierarchy of scientific classification In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is a rank, or a taxon in that rank. ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... For other uses, see Bird (disambiguation). ... The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans, Asians, and Africans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus; it includes Europe, Asia, and Africa (collectively known as Africa-Eurasia), plus surrounding islands. ...

They are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. They range in size from the Forest Rock Thrush (Monticola sharpei), at 21 grams and 14.5 cm (5.8 inches), to the Blue Whistling Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus), at 178 grams (6.3 oz) and 33 cm (13 inches). The songs of some species, including members of the genera Catharus, Myadestes, and Turdus, are considered to be among the most beautiful in the avian world. Any organism with a diet that consists chiefly of insects and similar small creatures is an insectivore. ... species See list Catharus is a genus of birds in the thrush family Turdidae. ... Genera Myadestes Cichlopsis Entomodestes For other uses, see Solitaire (disambiguation) The Solitaires are medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds in the genera Myadestes, Cichlopsis and Entomodestes of the thrush family Turdidae. ... Genera Turdus The true thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Turdus of the thrush family Turdidae. ...

The taxonomic treatment of this large family has varied significantly in recent years. Traditionally, the Turdidae included the small Old World species, like the Nightingale and European Robin in the subfamily Saxicolini, but most authorities now place this group in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. Binomial name Luscinia megarhynchos (Brehm, 1831) This article is about the bird. ... Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies 7-10, see text. ... Genera See text. ... Genera many:see text The Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae is a large family of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. ...

This article follows the Handbook of the Birds of the World with edits from Clement and Hathaway, Thrushes (2000), and retains the large thrushes in Turdidae. Recent biochemical studies place certain traditional thrush genera (Monticola, Pseudocossyphus, Myiophonus, Brachypteryx, and Alethe) in the Muscicapidae. Conversely the Asian saxicoline genera Grandala and Cochoa belong here among the thrushes. The Handbook of the Birds of the World is a multi-volume series produced by Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions. ... Genera Monticola Pseudocossyphus The rock thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Monticola in the thrush family Turdidae. ... Genera Alethe The Alethes are small mainly insectivorous birds in the genus Alethe of the thrush family Turdidae. ... Genera many:see text The Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae is a large family of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. ... The cochoas are medium_sized insectivorous and molluscivorous birds in the genus Cochoa. ...

• Family Turdidae
  • Genus Turdus: true thrushes (some 65 species, 1 recently extinct)
  • Genus Platycichla (2 species) - part of a South American group within Turdus
  • Genus Nesocichla: Tristan Thrush or Starchy - part of a South American group within Turdus
  • Genus Cichlherminia: Forest Thrush - genus paraphyletic with Turdus
  • Genus Psophocichla : Groundscraper Thrush
  • Genus Zoothera: Asian thrushes (some 22 species, 1 recently extinct)
  • Genus Catharus: typical American thrushes and nightingale-thrushes (12 species)
  • Genus Hylocichla : Wood Thrush
  • Genus Ridgwayia: Aztec Thrush - related to Hylocichla
  • Genus Ixoreus : Varied Thrush - related to other New World genera
  • Genus Geomalia: Geomalia
  • Genus Cataponera: Sulawesi Thrush
  • Genus Sialia: bluebirds (3 species)
  • Genus Grandala, Grandala - related to Sialia
  • Genus Cichlopsis: Rufous-brown Solitaire - related to Catharus
  • Genus Entomodestes: solitaires (2 species) - related to Catharus
  • Genus Myadestes: solitaires (10-11 living species, 2-3 recently extinct)
  • Genus Neocossyphus: flycatcher thrushes and "ant-thrushes" (4 species) - related to Myadestes
  • Genus Cochoa, cochoas (4 species)
  • Genus Chlamydochaera: Fruit-hunter - related to Cochoa

Now usually considered a distinct family distantly related to Picathartes: Genera Turdus The true thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Turdus of the thrush family Turdidae. ... Species Platycichla is a small genus of tropical South American thrushes. ... Genera Turdus The true thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Turdus of the thrush family Turdidae. ... Genera Turdus The true thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Turdus of the thrush family Turdidae. ... Genera Turdus The true thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Turdus of the thrush family Turdidae. ... Species Many, see text The Asian thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Zoothera of the thrush family Turdidae. ... species See list Catharus is a genus of birds in the thrush family Turdidae. ... Binomial name Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin, 1789) Synonyms Catharus mustelinus The Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, is a medium-sized thrush, the only member of the genus Hylocichla. ... Binomial name Zoothera naevia Gmelin, 1789 Synonyms The Varied Thrush, Zoothera naevia or Ixoreus naevius, is a member of the Thrush family Turdidae. ... Binomial name Geomalia heinrichi Stresemann, 1931 The Geomalia, Geomalia heinrichi also known as the Sulawesi Mountain-Thrush is a rare member of the thrush family endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia. ... Species Sialia sialis Sialia mexicana Sialia currucoides The bluebirds are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Sialia of the thrush family Turdidae. ... Species Sialia sialis Sialia mexicana Sialia currucoides The bluebirds are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Sialia of the thrush family Turdidae. ... species See list Catharus is a genus of birds in the thrush family Turdidae. ... species See list Catharus is a genus of birds in the thrush family Turdidae. ... Genera Myadestes Cichlopsis Entomodestes For other uses, see Solitaire (disambiguation) The Solitaires are medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds in the genera Myadestes, Cichlopsis and Entomodestes of the thrush family Turdidae. ... Genera Myadestes Cichlopsis Entomodestes For other uses, see Solitaire (disambiguation) The Solitaires are medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds in the genera Myadestes, Cichlopsis and Entomodestes of the thrush family Turdidae. ... The cochoas are medium_sized insectivorous and molluscivorous birds in the genus Cochoa. ... The cochoas are medium_sized insectivorous and molluscivorous birds in the genus Cochoa. ... The cochoas are medium_sized insectivorous and molluscivorous birds in the genus Cochoa. ... Species See text The picathartes, rockfowl or bald crows are a small family of two passerine bird species found in the rain-forests of tropical west and central Africa. ...

• Genus Chaetops: rock-jumpers (2 species)

For other species previously in Turdidae, see Muscicapidae and chats. Genera Chaetops The Rock-jumpers are medium-sized insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Chaetops that constitute the entire family Originally,these birds were placed in the Turdidae,but recent DNA-studies indicate these birds are something entirely different; they are primitive passeridans most closely related to the rockfowl... Genera many:see text The Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae is a large family of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. ... Genera See text. ...

External links

• Thrush videos on the Internet Bird Collection