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 24 species which occur in Nepal.
- Blue-capped Rock-Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus
- Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Blue Whistling-Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Pied Thrush Zoothera wardii
- Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina
- Plain-backed Thrush Zoothera mollissima
- Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola
- Dark-sided Thrush Zoothera marginata
- Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
- White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
- Gray-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula (A)
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- White-backed Thrush Turdus kessleri
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Dark-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Dusky Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Gould's Shortwing Brachypteryx stellata
- Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophrys
- White-browed Shortwing Brachypteryx montana
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Nepal
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