TURDIDAE of The World
Thrushes are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized birds, inhabiting wooded areas, and often feed on the ground or eat small fruit. Most species are gray or brown in color, often with speckled underparts. Even if the adults do not have these speckles, the juveniles often will. They are insectivorous, but most species also eat worms, snails, and fruit. Thrushes build cup-shaped nests, sometimes lining them with mud. They lay two to five speckled eggs, sometimes laying two or more clutches per year. Both parents help in raising the young. The songs of some species are considered to be among the most beautiful in the avian world.
[abstracted from Wikipedia]
[abstracted from Wikipedia]
Miscellaneous Thrushes
Order Passeriformes Family Turdidae
Genus Hylocichla - 1 species
Thrush, Wood Hylocichla mustelina Found: North America
Similar to: Ovenbird.
Genus Ixoreus
Thrush, Varied Ixoreus naevius Found: North America
Related to: Aztec Thrush.
4) Charlie Westerinen - Point Reyes lighthouse in northern California
Genus Myadestes
Solitaire, Townsend's Myadestes townsendi Found: North America
Photographed by: 1, 3) David Mitchell 2) Dobak
Genus Myophonus
Thrush, Blue Whistling- Myophonus caeruleus Found: Asia
Photographed by: 1) JJ Harrison - Chiang Mai, Thailand 2) JM Garg - West Bengal, India 3) Lokionly - Hong Kong
Thrush, Taiwan Whistling- also Formasan Whistling-Thrush Myophonus insularis Endemic to Taiwan
Photographed by: 1, 2) Hiyashi Halso 3) Charles Lam
Genus Psophocichla - 1 species
Thrush, Groundscraper Psophocichla litsitsirupa Found: Africa
Photographed by: 1) Alastair Rae 2, 3) Sandy Cole - BIrds of Eden, South Africa
Genus Ridgwayia - 1 species
Thrush, Aztec Ridgwayia pinicola Found: North America
Related to: Varied Thrush.
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