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Genus: Turdus

[edit] Description

Thrushes belonging to the genus Turdus are distributed around the globe, including Europe, Africa, Asia, and North and South America. The only two members of the Genus present in Australia were introduced (Eurasian Blackbird and Song Thrush).

[edit] Taxonomy

Turdus is a genus in the Family Turdidae. Turdus may end up including the genera Cichlherminia, Nesocichla, and Platycichla.

Genus Turdus view • edit
T. menachensis	Yemen Thrush
T. olivaceus	Olive Thrush
T. olivaceofuscus	Olivaceous Thrush
T. bewsheri	Comoro Thrush
T. libonyanus	Kurrichane Thrush
T. pelios	African Thrush
T. tephronotus	Bare-eyed Thrush
T. hortulorum	Grey-backed Thrush
T. unicolor	Tickell's Thrush
T. dissimilis	Black-breasted Thrush
T. cardis	Japanese Thrush
T. albocinctus	White-collared Blackbird
T. torquatus	Ring Ouzel
T. boulboul	Grey-winged Blackbird
T. merula	Eurasian Blackbird
T. poliocephalus	Island Thrush
T. rubrocanus	Chestnut Thrush
T. kessleri	White-backed Thrush
T. feae	Grey-sided Thrush
T. obscurus	Eyebrowed Thrush
T. pallidus	Pale Thrush
T. chrysolaus	Brown-headed Thrush
T. celaenops	Izu Thrush
T. ruficollis	Dark-throated Thrush
T. naumanni	Dusky Thrush
T. pilaris	Fieldfare
T. iliacus	Redwing
T. philomelos	Song Thrush
T. mupinensis	Chinese Thrush
T. viscivorus	Mistle Thrush
T. nigrescens	Sooty Robin
T. infuscatus	Black Robin
T. plebejus	Mountain Robin
T. falcklandii	Austral Thrush
T. reevi	Plumbeous-backed Thrush
T. leucomelas	Pale-breasted Thrush
T. fumigatus	Cocoa Thrush
T. hauxwelli	Hauxwell's Thrush
T. obsoletus	Pale-vented Thrush
T. rufiventris	Rufous-bellied Thrush
T. grayi	Clay-colored Robin
T. nudigenis	Yellow-eyed Thrush
T. jamaicensis	White-eyed Thrush
T. haplochrous	Unicolored Thrush
T. lawrencii	Lawrence's Thrush
T. amaurochalinus	Creamy-bellied Thrush
T. ignobilis	Black-billed Thrush
T. maranonicus	Maranon Thrush
T. fulviventris	Chestnut-bellied Thrush
T. olivater	Black-hooded Thrush
T. nigriceps	Slaty Thrush
T. fuscater	Great Thrush
T. chiguanco	Chiguanco Thrush
T. serranus	Glossy-black Thrush
T. assimilis	White-throated Thrush
T. albicollis	White-necked Thrush
T. rufopalliatus	Rufous-backed Robin
T. rufitorques	Rufous-collared Robin
T. migratorius	American Robin
T. swalesi	La Selle Thrush
T. aurantius	White-chinned Thrush
T. ravidus	Grand Cayman Thrush
T. plumbeus	Red-legged Thrush

[edit] References

• Phylogenetic relationships between Turdus species: mitochondrial cytochrome b gene analysis. Pan et al. Ornis Fennica 84:1-11, 2007.
• Molecular systematics of a speciose, cosmopolitan songbird genus: defining the limits of and relationships among the Turdus thrushes. Voelker et al. Mol Phylogenet Evol: 42:422-434, 2007.