| British Birds Return to
bird index
Thrushes and chats
Order:
Passeriformes Family:
Turdidae Links:
Thrushes and
chats
The thrushes
and chats are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or
sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs.
There are about 331 species worldwide including the chats, 42 of which are found
in Britain. This includes many of our most common garden birds.
Two species have
sub species, [latin names shown in square brackets]
Dark-throated
Thrush, [Turdus atrogularis] Link:
Dark-throated Thrush
-
Black-throated Thrush, [Turdus atrogularis.atrogularis], rare vagrant
(nominate subspecies)
-
Red-throated Thrush, [Turdus atrogularis.ruficollis], very rare vagrant
(subspecies)
Dusky Thrush, [Turdus
naumanni] Link
Dusky Thrush
-
Naumann's Thrush, [Turdus naumanni. Naumanni], very rare vagrant (nominate
subspecies)
-
Dusky Thrush, [Turdus naumanni. Eunomus], rare vagrant (subspecies)
We have included these as
single species in each case, at the top of our listing.
Note:-This list does not
keep similar names together ie Robins, but puts all native or common birds first.
|
