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Karoo Thrush
Turdus smithi · Family Turdidae
Turdus smithi
Family Turdidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 110,090
- Countries and territories with records
- 5
About this species
This species has 110,090 occurrence records from 5 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). South Africa accounts for 99.4% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.27% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Turdus smithi combines the genus name Turdus with the species epithet smithi. 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 29th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Turdus migratorius. Its record count is 20.7% of the family average (532,772). The family Turdidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.