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Alpine thrush

Zoothera mollissima (Blyth, 1842)

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The alpine thrush (Zoothera mollissima) is a species in the family Turdidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 96 g to 99.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Alpine thrush (Zoothera mollissima)
Photo: Kannan AS · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the alpine thrush

Weight
96 g – 99.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the alpine thrush live?

Not recorded

What is the alpine thrush?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The alpine thrush (Zoothera mollissima) is a species of bird in the thrush family.

From the Wikipedia article “Alpine thrush” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alpine_thrush&oldid=1331729937), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the alpine thrush endangered?

The alpine thrush is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the alpine thrush classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyTurdidae
  6. genusZoothera
  7. SpeciesZoothera mollissima (Blyth, 1842)

Synonyms Oreocincla mollissima simlaensis, Oreocincla mollissma, Oreocincla whiteheadi, Turdus mollissimus, Zoothera mollissima mollissima, Zoothera mollissima whiteheadi

Other names and names in other languages (43)
  • Plain-backed thrushEnglish
  • Plain-backed thrushEnglish
  • Plain-backed thrushEnglish
  • Yunnan thrushEnglish
  • griva de dors llisCatalan
  • drozd ladnýCzech
  • brych mynydd cefnfrownWelsh
  • BuskdrosselDanish
  • MollissimadrosselDanish
  • FelserddrosselGerman
  • Himalaja-DrosselGerman
  • HimalayadrosselGerman
  • WalderddrosselGerman
  • alpa turdoEsperanto
  • Zorzal dorsilisoSpanish
  • Zorzal dorsiliso del HimalayaSpanish
  • põõsa-kirjurästasEstonian
  • pensaskirjorastasFinnish
  • Grive de HodgsonFrench
  • smeđoleđi drozdCroatian
  • nepáli földirigóHungarian
  • Tordo dorsouniformeItalian
  • セアカトラツグミJapanese
  • himalajinis dirvinis strazdasLithuanian
  • Himalaju zemesstrazdsLatvian
  • BerglijsterDutch
  • HimalayalijsterDutch
  • HimalyalijsterDutch
  • nettingtrostNorwegian
  • drozdoń łuskobrzuchyPolish
  • tordo-alpinoPortuguese
  • tordo-do-alto-himalaiaPortuguese
  • Гималайский дроздRussian
  • Гималайский земляной дроздRussian
  • drozd horskýSlovak
  • Maslinasti himalajski drozdSerbian
  • alptrastSwedish
  • bergtrastSwedish
  • Himalaya Çayır ArdıcıTurkish
  • квічаль гімалайськийUkrainian
  • 光背地鸫Chinese
  • 淡背地鶇Chinese
  • 淡背地鸫Chinese

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Relatives of the alpine thrush

Other species in the same genus Zoothera.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the alpine thrush?

An adult alpine thrush weighs 96 g – 99.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the alpine thrush endangered?

The alpine thrush is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the alpine thrush?

The alpine thrush (Zoothera mollissima) belongs to the family Turdidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Alpine thrush (Zoothera mollissima). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/alpine-thrush

MLA

“Alpine thrush (Zoothera mollissima).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/alpine-thrush.

BibTeX
@misc{alpine_thrush_2026,
  title = {Alpine thrush (Zoothera mollissima)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/alpine-thrush},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}