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Great Thrush

Turdus fuscater · Family Turdidae

Turdus fuscater

Family Turdidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Turdidae
GBIF occurrence records
316,132
Countries and territories with records
12
Great Thrush
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About this species

This species has 316,132 occurrence records from 12 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Colombia (63.9%), Ecuador (25.5%) and Peru (8.6%); together they account for 98.1% of the total. In Colombia, this species accounts for 0.76% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Turdus fuscater combines the genus name Turdus with the species epithet fuscater. The Warbla app catalog lists 85 species of the genus Turdus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Turdus migratorius, Turdus merula and Turdus philomelos.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 155 species of the family Turdidae. This species ranks 20th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Turdus migratorius. Its record count is 59.3% of the family average (532,772). The family Turdidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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