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 9 species which occur in Ethiopia.
- Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Abyssinian Ground Thrush Zoothera piaggiae
- Groundscraper Thrush Psophocichla litsipsirupa
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- African Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Ethiopia
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