Asian thrush

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

Two New World species traditionally regarded as Zoothera; (Varied Thrush and Aztec Thrush) actually belong elsewhere in the thrush family. A group containing Siberian Thrush and the African species is not closely related to the other Zoothera and no doubt will be generically reassigned at some point.

Species in taxonomic order

 * Plain-backed Thrush, Zoothera mollissima
 * Long-tailed Thrush, Zoothera dixoni
 * Long-billed Thrush, Zoothera monticola
 * Dark-sided Thrush, Zoothera marginata
 * Everett's Thrush, Zoothera everetti
 * Sunda Thrush, Zoothera andromedae
 * White's Thrush, Zoothera aurea
 * Scaly Thrush, Zoothera dauma
 * Horsfield's Thrush, Zoothera (dauma) horsfieldi
 * Bonin Thrush, Zoothera terrestris - extinct (c.1830s)
 * Nilgiri Thrush, Zoothera neilgherriensis
 * Sri Lanka Thrush, Zoothera imbricata
 * Amami Thrush, Zoothera major
 * White-bellied Thrush, Zoothera margaretae
 * Guadalcanal Thrush, Zoothera turipavae
 * Bassian Thrush, Zoothera lunulata
 * Fawn-breasted Thrush, Zoothera machiki
 * Russet-tailed Thrush, Zoothera heinei
 * Choiseul Russet-tailed Thrush, Zoothera heinei choiseuli - probably extinct (mid-20th century?)
 * Black-backed Thrush, Zoothera talaseae

Traditional Zoothera species belonging elsewhere in family
Many of these species are known as African ground thrushes.
 * Varied Thrush, Ixoreus naevius - related to other new world genera.


 * Aztec Thrush, Ridgwayia pinicola - related to Hylocichla.


 * Siberian Thrush, "Zoothera" sibirica
 * Abyssinian Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" piaggiae
 * Kivu Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" tanganjicae
 * Crossley's Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" crossleyi
 * Orange Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" gurneyi
 * Black-eared Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" cameronensis
 * Kibale Black-eared Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" cameronensis kibalensis - possibly extinct (late 20th century?)
 * Grey Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" princei
 * Spotted Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" guttata - formerly Z. fischeri
 * Oberländer's Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" oberlaenderi
 * Buru Thrush, "Zoothera" dumasi
 * Seram Thrush, "Zoothera" (dumasi) joiceyi
 * Chestnut-capped Thrush, "Zoothera" interpres
 * Enggano Thrush, "Zoothera" (interpres) leucolaema
 * Red-backed Thrush, "Zoothera" erythronota
 * Red-and-black Thrush, "Zoothera" (erythronota) mendeni
 * Chestnut-backed Thrush, "Zoothera" dohertyi


 * Slaty-backed Thrush, Geokichla schistacea
 * Pied Thrush, Geokichla wardii
 * Ashy Thrush, Geokichla cinerea
 * Orange-banded Thrush, Zoothera peronii
 * Orange-headed Thrush, Geokichla citrina
 * Spot-winged Thrush, Geokichla spiloptera