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List of species

* Siberian thrush, ''Geokichla sibirica'' *

Pied thrush The pied thrush (''Geokichla wardii'') is a member of the thrush family found in India and Sri Lanka. The males are conspicuously patterned in black and white while the females are olive brown and speckled. They breed in the central Himalayan ...

, ''Geokichla wardii'' * Grey ground thrush, ''Geokichla princei'' * Black-eared ground thrush, ''Geokichla cameronensis'' *

Spotted ground thrush The spotted ground thrush (''Geokichla guttata'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, and possibly Mozambique. Description These birds a ...

, ''Geokichla guttata'' - formerly ''G. fischeri'' *

Spot-winged thrush The spot-winged thrush, (''Geokichla spiloptera''), is an Asian thrush, a group within the large thrush family Turdidae. It is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka. This uncommon species breeds in hill rainforests, and to a lesser extent i ...

, ''Geokichla spiloptera'' *

Crossley's ground thrush Crossley's ground thrush (''Geokichla crossleyi'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nigeria. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist ...

, ''Geokichla crossleyi'' *

Abyssinian ground thrush The Abyssinian ground thrush (''Geokichla piaggiae'') is a thrush from the family Turdidae which is native to north-east Africa where it lives at high altitude in montane forests. Description The Abyssinian ground thrush is an attractive but r ...

, ''Geokichla piaggiae'' **

Kivu ground thrush The Kivu ground thrush (''Geokichla piaggiae tanganicae'') is a bird subspecies native to the Albertine Rift montane forests. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is currently ...

, ''Geokichla piaggiae tanganjicae'' * Oberländer's ground thrush, ''Geokichla oberlaenderi'' * Orange ground thrush, ''Geokichla gurneyi'' *

Orange-headed thrush The orange-headed thrush (''Geokichla citrina'') is a bird in the thrush family. It is common in well-wooded areas of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Most populations are resident. The species shows a preference for shady damp areas ...

, ''Geokichla citrina'' * Buru thrush, ''Geokichla dumasi'' *

Seram thrush The Seram thrush (''Geokichla joiceyi'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to montane rainforest on Seram in Indonesia. Traditionally, it has been considered a subspecies of the Buru thrush, in which case the common na ...

, ''Geokichla joiceyi'' *

Orange-sided thrush The orange-sided thrush or orange-banded thrush (''Geokichla peronii'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found on Timor island and the southern Maluku Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and sub ...

, ''Geokichla peronii'' *

Slaty-backed thrush The slaty-backed thrush (''Geokichla schistacea'') is a passerine bird in the Asian thrush genus. It is found in the Tanimbar Islands The Tanimbar Islands, also called ''Timur Laut'', are a group of about 65 islands in the Maluku provinc ...

, ''Geokichla schistacea'' *

Chestnut-capped thrush The chestnut-capped thrush (''Geokichla interpres'') lives in forests and woodlands of Southeast Asia. It is a songbird species in the family Turdidae. Traditionally, it has included the Enggano thrush as a subspecies, but a recent review recom ...

, ''Geokichla interpres'' *

Enggano thrush The Enggano thrush (''Geokichla leucolaema'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to rainforests on Enggano Island off Sumatra in Indonesia. It has traditionally been considered a subspecies of the chestnut-capped thrush. ...

, ''Geokichla leucolaema'' *

Chestnut-backed thrush The chestnut-backed thrush (''Geokichla dohertyi'') is a ground thrush species endemic to Lombok, Timor and the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia. The species is rapidly declining and it is already extinct on Lombok and possibly on Lesser Sunda. ...

, ''Geokichla dohertyi'' *

Ashy thrush The ashy thrush (''Geokichla cinerea''), also known as the ashy ground-thrush, is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to the Philippines in Luzon and Mindoro. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and or tr ...

, ''Geokichla cinerea'' *

Red-backed thrush The red-backed thrush or rusty-backed thrush (''Geokichla erythronota'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. Traditionally, it included the red-and-black thrush (''Z. mendeni'') as a subspecies. It is endemic to forests on Sulawesi an ...

, ''Geokichla erythronota'' *

Red-and-black thrush The red-and-black thrush (''Geokichla mendeni''), also known as the Peleng thrush, is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to forests on the Indonesian islands of Taliabu and Peleng, where threatened by habitat loss. Traditio ...

, ''Geokichla mendeni''

References

External links

Asian thrush videos
on the Internet Bird Collection {{Taxonbar, from=Q26030 Bird genera Taxa named by Salomon Müller