Thrushes make up Turdidae, a family of some 300 passerine birds that occurs worldwide. This family includes blackbirds, bluethroats, chats, nightingales, redstarts, rubythroats, shortwings, thrushes, wheatears. Most are in a single genus (Turdus) which contains some 60 species.
See also: Black bill thrush, Blue capped rock thrush, Blue crowned laughing thrush, Clay-colored thrush, Great thrush, Greater necklaced laughingthrush, Louisiana waterthrush, Mistle thrush, Orange-headed thrush, Ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush, Slaty backed nightingale thrush, Song thrush, Wood thrush
