Copyright: AW/monacoeye • Iceland, May 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Redwing
Latin: Turdus iliacus
Other: Grive mauvis (Fr) • Rotdrossel (De) • koperwiek (Nl) • Rödvingetrast (Sv)
Family: Turdidae • Thrushes
Range: C, W Eurasia - to N Africa, Iceland
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Pictured is an Icelandic bird, but not I’m certain if that means it is the Turdus iliacus coburni subspecies, which is usually darker.

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, El Valle, May 2010

Bird name: White Throated Thrush
Latin: Turdus assimilis
Other:
Family: Turdidae • Thrushes
Range: Widespread Middle America
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Just a blurry record shot of the White-throated Thrush in Panama.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Panama, May 2010 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Clay Colored Thrush
Latin: Turdus grayi
Other: Clay-coloured Thrush (UK), Clay-colored Robin (US), Yigüirro (Es)
Family: Turdidae • Thrushes
Range: South Texas to Northern Colombia including Panama, Costa Rica etc

The Clay-colored Thrush is the national bird of Costa Rica. It is common in Panama, including around habitations, and one of the most frequently seen birds. A typical garden or park bird.

The Clay-colored Thrush is generally brown and differentiated from other similar thrushes by its red irises and light bill.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Panama, May 2010 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Mountain Thrush
Latin: Turdus plebejus
Other:
Family: Turdidae • Thrushes
Range: Southern Mexico to western Panama

I only saw these Mountain Thrushes in the high mountain forest in western Panama, where they were not uncommon but neither were they very approachable, generally flying soon after making eye-contact.

The above picture is a subadult. Mountain thrushes are generally brown with lighter underparts. Dark eyes and bill. Attractive song. Where I was, their habitat didn’t overlap with the Clay-colored Thrush.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Chiriqui, Panama, May 2010 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Ruddy Capped Nightingale Thrush
Latin: Catharus frantzii
Other:
Family: Turdidae • Thrushes
Range: Central Mexico to Western Panama

The Ruddy Capped Nightingale Thrush is a small mountain thrush, one of the more frequently seen birds in the forested mountains above Los Quetzales in Panama, and has an attractive song.

Ruddy brownish, which extends over cap, lighter underneath.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Panama, May 2010 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Black Faced Solitaire
Latin: Myadestes melanops
Other:
Family: Turdidae • Thrushes
Range: Mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama

The high mountain forests above Los Quetzales in Chiriqui resound to the entrancing, mystical sounds of the Black-faced Solitaire. Listening to recordings on the internet doesn’t do the song justice (eg here), because the frequencies can’t be captured with recording equipment and mp3.

The closest description I could give would be an aeolian harp or someone playing “wine glasses” by rubbing a wet finger around the rims of half-filled glasses. It is a high-pitched sound which carries, but also rich with deep tones. This ethereal song transforms the forest into a place of mystery - the first time I heard it I couldn’t believe that a bird could be the origin.

Although its song is often heard, I only saw a Black-faced Solitaire once. It is differentiated from other thrushes by its orange bill and legs, with dark iris and no orange eye-ring. It is dark grey with some white on wing and black face. Pictured below is a tree-trunk in which it was making a nest.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Congo Dec 2010

Bird name: African Thrush
Latin: Turdus pelios
Other:
Family: Turdidae • Thrushes
Range: Sub-Saharan Africa

A record shot of the African Thrush, in Brazzaville.

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Mostardas Brazil November 2009

Bird name: Rufous Bellied Thrush
Latin: Turdus rufiventris
Other: Sabiá-laranjeira (Br)
Family: Turdidae • Thrushes

The Rufous-bellied Thrush is widespread throughout most of Brazil. Often heard, and a regular park bird.

The Rufous-bellied Thrush has an orange belly, yellow bill, yellow eye-ring, streaked throat and brown above.More photos...

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Ubatuba Brazil Nov 2009

Bird name: Pale Breasted Thrush
Latin: Turdus leucomelas
Other: Sabiá-barranco (Br)
Family: Turdidae • Thrushes

I think (but am not sure) these are juvenile Pale-breasted Thrushes, they might also be juvenile Creamy-bellied Thrushes.

They stayed on the ground mostly, in the shade of orchard trees, occasionally perching about a metre off the ground.

The Pale-breasted Thrush is found in the eastern parts of South America.More photos...

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Brazil 2006

Bird name: Yellow Legged Thrush
Latin: Turdus flavipes
Other: Sabiá-una (Br)
Family: Turdidae • Thrushes

I think (but am not sure) this is a Yellow-legged Thrush, by black plumage, black iris (Pale-eyed Thrush has pale iris), yellow bill.

The Yellow-legged Thrush is found in the southeast of Brazil.More photos...

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Lagoa do Peixe • November 2009

Bird name: Creamy Bellied Thrush
Latin: Turdus amaurochalinus
Other: Sabiá-poca (Br)
Family: Turdidae • Thrushes

The yellow bill with pale belly are key features, but the Creamy-bellied Thrush’s bill can be greyish.

The Creamy-bellied Thrush is found in much of Central and South America is resident in the south of Brazil and migrates north in Brazil in the southern winter.More photos...

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Cote d’Azur 2009

Bird name: Song Thrush
Latin: Turdus philomelos
Other: Grive-musicienne (Fr)
Family: Turdidae • Thrushes

A Song Thrush, I guess. When I was a kid these were really easy to see … Lovely song.More photos...

Bird name: Common Blackbird
Latin: Turdus merula
Other: Merle Noir • Eurasian Blackbird
Family: Turdidae • Thrushes

Photo: monacoeye • Ventimiglia • Mar 2009More photos...

207 Turdidae - Thrushes IOC 2.5

Neocossyphus rufus - Red-tailed Rufous Thrush - C, E Africa
Neocossyphus poensis - White-tailed Rufous Thrush - W, C Africa

Stizorhina fraseri - Fraser's Rufous Thrush - C Africa
Stizorhina finschii - Finsch's Rufous Thrush - W Africa

Myophonus blighi - Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush - Sri Lanka
Myophonus melanurus - Shiny Whistling Thrush - Sumatra
Myophonus glaucinus - Javan Whistling Thrush - Java - was Sunda Whistling Thrush
Myophonus borneensis - Bornean Whistling Thrush - Borneo - split from M. glaucinus
Myophonus castaneus - Brown-winged Whistling Thrush - Sumatra
Myophonus robinsoni - Malayan Whistling Thrush - W Malaysia
Myophonus horsfieldii - Malabar Whistling Thrush - S India
Myophonus insularis - Taiwan Whistling Thrush - Taiwan
Myophonus caeruleus - Blue Whistling Thrush - Widespread Asia, also C, SC Asia

Geomalia heinrichi - Geomalia - Sulawesi

Zoothera schistacea - Slaty-backed Thrush - Tanimbar Islands
Zoothera dumasi - Buru Thrush - Buru Is., s. Moluccas. Australasia - was Moluccan Thrush
Zoothera joiceyi - Seram Thrush - Seram Is., S Moluccas - split from Z.dumasi
Zoothera interpres - Chestnut-capped Thrush - S Thailand to S Philippines
Zoothera leucolaema - Enggano Thrush - Enggano Is, off W Sumatra - split from Z.interpres
Zoothera erythronota - Red-backed Thrush - Sulawesi
Zoothera mendeni - Red-and-black Thrush - Peleng Island - was Peleng Thrush
Zoothera dohertyi - Chestnut-backed Thrush - Lesser Sundas
Zoothera wardii - Pied Thrush - Himalayas to Sri Lanka
Zoothera cinerea - Ashy Thrush - Philippines
Zoothera peronii - Orange-sided Thrush - Lesser Sundas
Zoothera citrina - Orange-headed Thrush - Widespread Asia
Zoothera everetti - Everett's Thrush - Borneo
Zoothera sibirica - Siberian Thrush - E Eurasia - Southeast Asia
Zoothera piaggiae - Abyssinian Ground Thrush - C, E Africa
Zoothera crossleyi - Crossley's Ground Thrush - C, WC Africa
Zoothera gurneyi - Orange Ground Thrush - E, S Africa
Zoothera oberlaenderi - Oberländer's Ground Thrush - EC Africa
Zoothera cameronensis - Black-eared Ground Thrush - C Africa
Zoothera kibalensis - Kibale Ground Thrush - Uganda
Zoothera princei - Grey Ground Thrush - W, C Africa
Zoothera guttata - Spotted Ground Thrush - E, SE Africa
Zoothera spiloptera - Spot-winged Thrush - Sri Lanka
Zoothera andromedae - Sunda Thrush - Sumatra, Java, Philippines, Asia, also Lesser Sundas
Zoothera mollissima - Plain-backed Thrush - Himalayas through Southeast Asia
Zoothera dixoni - Long-tailed Thrush - Tibet to Thailand
Zoothera aurea - White's Thrush - E Eurasia - Taiwan, Southeast Asia
Zoothera major - Amami Thrush - Ryukyu Islands
Zoothera dauma - Scaly Thrush - Himalayas to Sumatra & JavaZoothera dauma includes Z.horsfieldi
Zoothera neilgherriensis - Nilgiri Thrush - SW India
Zoothera imbricata - Sri Lanka Thrush - Sri Lanka
Zoothera machiki - Fawn-breasted Thrush - Tanimbar Islands
Zoothera heinei - Russet-tailed Thrush - New Guineas to Solomon Islands, NE Australia
Zoothera lunulata - Bassian Thrush - N, NE Australia
Zoothera talaseae - Black-backed Thrush - Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands
Zoothera margaretae - White-bellied Thrush - Solomon Islands
Zoothera turipavae - Guadalcanal Thrush - Guadalcanal Is. in the Solomon Islands. Australasia - split from Z. margaretae
Zoothera monticola - Long-billed Thrush - Himalayas to NE Burma
Zoothera marginata - Dark-sided Thrush - Himalayas to Thailand

Ixoreus naevius - Varied Thrush - W North America

Ridgwayia pinicola - Aztec Thrush - W Mexico

Cataponera turdoides - Sulawesi Thrush - Sulawesi

Sialia sialis - Eastern Bluebird - E, C North America to Nicaragua
Sialia mexicana - Western Bluebird - W North America to C Mexico
Sialia currucoides - Mountain Bluebird - W North America - w Mexico
Myadestes
Myadestes obscurus - Omao - Hawaiian Islands
Myadestes myadestinus - Kamao - Hawaiian Islands
Myadestes palmeri - Puaiohi - Hawaiian Islands
Myadestes lanaiensis - Olomao - Hawaiian Islands
Myadestes townsendi - Townsend's Solitaire - W Canada to C Mexico
Myadestes occidentalis - Brown-backed Solitaire - NW Mexico to Honduras
Myadestes elisabeth - Cuban Solitaire - Cuba
Myadestes genibarbis - Rufous-throated Solitaire - West Indies
Myadestes melanops - Black-faced Solitaire - Costa Rica, Panama
Myadestes coloratus - Varied Solitaire - Panama
Myadestes ralloides - Andean Solitaire - N Venezuela to W Bolivia
Myadestes unicolor - Slate-colored Solitaire - S Mexico to Honduras
Cichlopsis
Cichlopsis leucogenys - Rufous-brown Solitaire - W, N, SE South America
Catharus
Catharus gracilirostris - Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush - Costa Rica, Panama
Catharus aurantiirostris - Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush - NW Mexico to N Colombia & C Venezuela
Catharus fuscater - Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush - Costa Rica to N Bolivia
Catharus occidentalis - Russet Nightingale-Thrush - Mexico
Catharus frantzii - Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush - S Mexico to Panama
Catharus mexicanus - Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush - EC Mexico to Panama
Catharus dryas - Spotted Nightingale-Thrush - S Mexico to N Argentina
Catharus fuscescens - Veery - Widespread North America - LA
Catharus minimus - Grey-cheeked Thrush - N North America - LA
Catharus bicknelli - Bicknell's Thrush - NE North America - Hispaniola
Catharus ustulatus - Swainson's Thrush - Widespread North America - LA
Catharus guttatus - Hermit Thrush - Widespread North America - Mexico
Hylocichla
Hylocichla mustelina - Wood Thrush - E North America - MA

Entomodestes coracinus - Black Solitaire - Colombia, Ecuador
Entomodestes leucotis - White-eared Solitaire - Peru, Bolivia

Psophocichla litsitsirupa - Groundscraper Thrush - E, S Africa

Turdus flavipes - Yellow-legged Thrush - N, SE South America - was Platycichla
Turdus leucops - Pale-eyed Thrush - Venezuela & Colombia to Bolivia
Turdus pelios - African Thrush - W, C Africa
Turdus tephronotus - Bare-eyed Thrush - E Africa - was African Bare-eyed Thrush
Turdus libonyanus - Kurrichane Thrush - C, S Africa
Turdus olivaceofuscus - Sao Tome Thrush - São Tomé Africa - was Gulf of Guinea Thrush
Turdus xanthorhynchus - Principe Thrush - Principe Is. - split from T.olivaceofuscus
Turdus olivaceus - Olive Thrush - SE Africa
Turdus roehli - Usambara Thrush - Pare & Usambara Mts of n-central Tanzania
Turdus abyssinicus - Abyssinian Thrush - N Somalia to N Tanzania. - split from T.olivaceus
Turdus smithii - Karoo Thrush - S Africa
Turdus ludoviciae - Somali Thrush - N Somalia
Turdus helleri - Taita Thrush - SE Kenya
Turdus menachensis - Yemen Thrush - S, SW Arabian Peninsula
Turdus bewsheri - Comoros Thrush - Comoros
Turdus hortulorum - Grey-backed Thrush - E Eurasia - Southeast Asia
Turdus unicolor - Tickell's Thrush - W, C Himalayas - n India, Pakistan
Turdus dissimilis - Black-breasted Thrush - NE India to N Vietnam
Turdus cardis - Japanese Thrush - E Eurasia - Southeast Asia
Turdus albocinctus - White-collared Blackbird - Himalayas to SC China - Southeast Asia
Turdus torquatus - Ring Ouzel - W, SW Eurasia - n AF
Turdus boulboul - Grey-winged Blackbird - Himalayas to N Vietnam
Turdus merula - Common Blackbird - Widespread Eurasia, Asia
Turdus maximus - Tibetan Blackbird - Himalayas from N Pakistan to SE Tibet - split from T. merula
Turdus simillimus - Indian Blackbird - India, Sri Lanka - split from T. merula
Turdus poliocephalus - Island Thrush - Sumatra & Philippines to Fiji Islands
Turdus rubrocanus - Chestnut Thrush - E Afghanistan to Burma
Turdus kessleri - Kessler's Thrush - W China to SE Tibet
Turdus feae - Grey-sided Thrush - NE China - Southeast Asia
Turdus obscurus - Eyebrowed Thrush - E Eurasia - Southeast Asia
Turdus pallidus - Pale Thrush - E Eurasia
Turdus chrysolaus - Brown-headed Thrush - E Eurasia - se China, Philippines
Turdus celaenops - Izu Thrush - islands S of Japan
Turdus atrogularis - Black-throated Thrush - NC Eurasia - SW, S, E Asia
Turdus ruficollis - Red-throated Thrush - EC Eurasia - N India to n Vietnam
Turdus naumanni - Naumann's Thrush - E Eurasia
Turdus eunomus - Dusky Thrush - E Eurasia - Southeast Asia
Turdus pilaris - Fieldfare - C, W Eurasia
Turdus iliacus - Redwing - C, W Eurasia - to N Africa
Turdus philomelos - Song Thrush - C, W Eurasia - to N Africa
Turdus mupinensis - Chinese Thrush - C China
Turdus viscivorus - Mistle Thrush - C, W, Eurasia, also N Africa
Turdus fuscater - Great Thrush - W Venezuela to W Bolivia
Turdus chiguanco - Chiguanco Thrush - S Ecuador to W Argentina
Turdus nigrescens - Sooty Thrush - Costa Rica, Panama
Turdus infuscatus - Black Thrush - Mexico to Honduras
Turdus serranus - Glossy-black Thrush - Venezuela to NW Argentina
Turdus nigriceps - Andean Slaty Thrush - S Ecuador to N Argentina
Turdus subalaris - Eastern Slaty Thrush - SE South America - split from T. nigriceps
Turdus reevei - Plumbeous-backed Thrush - W Ecuador, NW Peru
Turdus olivater - Black-hooded Thrush - Colombia to S Guyana
Turdus maranonicus - Maranon Thrush - N Peru
Turdus fulviventris - Chestnut-bellied Thrush - NW Venezuela to Peru
Turdus rufiventris - Rufous-bellied Thrush - E, SC South America
Turdus falcklandii - Austral Thrush - Southern Cone
Turdus leucomelas - Pale-breasted Thrush - N, SC South America
Turdus amaurochalinus - Creamy-bellied Thrush - SC, SE South America
Turdus plebejus - Mountain Thrush - SE Mexico to Panama
Turdus ignobilis - Black-billed Thrush - N, W Amazonia
Turdus lawrencii - Lawrence's Thrush - W Amazonia
Turdus fumigatus - Cocoa Thrush - Amazonia
Turdus obsoletus - Pale-vented Thrush - Costa Rica to Ecuador
Turdus hauxwelli - Hauxwell's Thrush - W Amazonia
Turdus haplochrous - Unicolored Thrush - Bolivia
Turdus grayi - Clay-colored Thrush - Mexico to Colombia
Turdus nudigenis - Spectacled Thrush - Lesser Antilles, N Amazonia - was American Bare-eyed Thrush
Turdus maculirostris - Ecuadorian Thrush - W Ecuador, NW Peru - split from T.nudigenys
Turdus jamaicensis - White-eyed Thrush - Jamaica
Turdus assimilis - White-throated Thrush - Widespread Middle America
Turdus daguae - Dagua Thrush - Panama to NW Ecuador - split from T. assimilis
Turdus albicollis - White-necked Thrush - Colombia to E Brazil & N Argentina
Turdus rufopalliatus - Rufous-backed Thrush - Mexico - was Rufous-backed Robin
Turdus rufitorques - Rufous-collared Thrush - S Mexico to Honduras
Turdus migratorius - American Robin - Alaska & Canada to Guatemala
Turdus swalesi - La Selle Thrush - Hispaniola
Turdus aurantius - White-chinned Thrush - Jamaica
Turdus ravidus - Grand Cayman Thrush - Grand Cayman Island
Turdus plumbeus - Red-legged Thrush - West Indies
Turdus lherminieri - Forest Thrush - Lesser Antilles - was Cichlherminia

Nesocichla eremita - Tristan Thrush - Tristan da Cunha group

Cochoa purpurea - Purple Cochoa - Himalayas to N Vietnam & N Thailand
Cochoa viridis - Green Cochoa - Himalayas to Vietnam
Cochoa beccarii - Sumatran Cochoa - Sumatra
Cochoa azurea - Javan Cochoa - Java

Chlamydochaera jefferyi - Fruithunter - Borneo

Heteroxenicus stellatus - Gould's Shortwing - Himalayas to NW Vietnam - was Brachypteryx

Brachypteryx hyperythra - Rusty-bellied Shortwing - E Himalayas, NE India
Brachypteryx leucophrys - Lesser Shortwing - Widespread Asia, also Lesser Sundas
Brachypteryx montana - White-browed Shortwing - Himalayas to Philippines

Heinrichia calligyna - Great Shortwing - Sulawesi

Alethe diademata - White-tailed Alethe - W Africa from Senegambia to Togo - was Fire-crested Alethe
Alethe castanea - Fire-crested Alethe - W, C Africa from Nigeria to Uganda

Pseudalethe poliophrys - Red-throated Alethe - EC Africa
Pseudalethe poliocephala - Brown-chested Alethe - W, C Africa
Pseudalethe fuelleborni - White-chested Alethe - SE Africa
Pseudalethe choloensis - Thyolo Alethe - SE Africa