Thrushes and Allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Turdidae
The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs. There are 335 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Papua New Guinea.
- Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Olive-tailed Thrush Zoothera lunulata
- Russet-tailed Thrush Zoothera heinei
- New Britain Thrush Zoothera talaseae
- Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Papua New Guinea
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