Turdinae (the turdine thrushes) are a subfamily of

passerine A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines are distinguished from other orders of birds by th ...

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

s in the family

Turdidae The thrushes are a passerine bird family, Turdidae, with a worldwide distribution. The family was once much larger before biologists reclassified the former subfamily Saxicolinae, which includes the chats and European robins, as Old World fl ...

. They are the sister clade to the subfamily

Myadestinae Myadestinae (the turdid solitaires) are a subfamily of passerine birds in the family Thrush (bird), Turdidae. Members of this group have been noted by ornithologists to be rather unusual in that they lack the typical diagnostic traits seen in the ...

. The divergence between myadestines and turdines occurred 11 million years ago in the

Serravallian The Serravallian is, in the geologic timescale, an age or a stage in the middle Miocene Epoch/Series, which spans the time between 13.82 Ma and 11.63 Ma (million years ago). The Serravallian follows the Langhian and is followed by the Tortonian ...

. Within the turdines they can split into three subgroups: '' Zoothera'' occupying a basal position, the second consisting of forest thrush genera ('' Ixoreus'', '' Ridgwayia'', ''

Cichlopsis The rufous-brown solitaire (''Cichlopsis leucogenys'') is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist ...

'', ''

Entomodestes ''Entomodestes '' is a small genus of birds in the thrush family. They are found in humid Andean The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland a ...

'', '' Hylocichla'', and ''

Catharus The genus ''Catharus'' is an evolutionary clade of forest-dwelling passerine birds in the family Turdidae (thrushes), commonly known as nightingale-thrushes. The extant species are widely distributed across the Americas and are descended from a ...

'') and the remaining group closer to ''

Turdus True thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus ''Turdus'' of the wider thrush family, Turdidae. The genus name ''Turdus'' is Latin for "thrush". The term "thrush" is used for many other birds of the family T ...

'' ('' Chlamydochaera'', ''

Cochoa The cochoas (from ''cocho'', Nepali for '' Cochoa purpurea'') are medium-sized frugivorous, insectivorous and molluscivorous birds in the genus ''Cochoa''. Their bright contrasting plumage patterns, sexual dimorphism and feeding habits made thei ...

'', ''

Geokichla The ''Geokichla'' thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the thrush family, Turdidae. They were traditionally listed in the '' Zoothera'', but studies suggested their placement in another genus. The genus name ...

'', and ''Turdus'').

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