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Bare-eyed thrush

Turdus tephronotus Cabanis, 1878

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The bare-eyed thrush (Turdus tephronotus) is a species in the family Turdidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 48.7 g to 51 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Bare-eyed thrush (Turdus tephronotus)
Photo: John Lyakurwa · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the bare-eyed thrush

Weight
48.7 g – 51 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
2.4 – 2.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bare-eyed thrush live?

Not recorded

What is the bare-eyed thrush?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The bare-eyed thrush (Turdus tephronotus) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It breeds during the rainy season.

This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend is not known, but the population is not believed to be decreasing sufficiently rapidly to approach the thresholds under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

From the Wikipedia article “Bare-eyed thrush” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bare-eyed_thrush&oldid=1379257626), 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 bare-eyed thrush endangered?

The bare-eyed 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. What the categories mean.

How is the bare-eyed thrush classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyTurdidae
  6. genusTurdus
  7. SpeciesTurdus tephronotus Cabanis, 1878

Synonyms Turdus tephronotus australoabyssinicus

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • ABETEnglish
  • African bare-eyed thrushEnglish
  • African bare-eyed thrushEnglish
  • merla d'ulls grocsCatalan
  • drozd brýlovýCzech
  • brych llygadfoel AffricaWelsh
  • Nøgenøje DrosselDanish
  • BrillendrosselGerman
  • nudokula turdoEsperanto
  • Zorzal cenicientoSpanish
  • prillrästasEstonian
  • afrikanrillirastasFinnish
  • Merle cendréFrench
  • Grive à lunettesFrench
  • sivoprsi kosCroatian
  • szemüveges rigóHungarian
  • Tordo occhinudiItalian
  • Tordo occhinudi africanoItalian
  • キメジリオリーブツグミJapanese
  • akiniuotasis strazdasLithuanian
  • BrillijsterDutch
  • brilletrostNorwegian
  • drozd okularowyPolish
  • tordo-oculadoPortuguese
  • tordo-de-lunetasPortuguese
  • Очковый дроздRussian
  • drozd škraboškovýSlovak
  • Afrički naočarasti drozdSerbian
  • barögd trastSwedish
  • nakenögd trastSwedish
  • Afrika Çıplak Gözlü ArdıcıTurkish
  • дрізд танзанійськийUkrainian
  • 非洲裸眼鶇Chinese
  • 非洲裸眼鸫Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the bare-eyed thrush

Other species in the same genus Turdus.

LC, Least Concern
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)

Fieldfare

Turdus pilaris

Turdidae

LC, Least Concern
Ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus)

Ring ouzel

Turdus torquatus

Turdidae

LC, Least Concern
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)

Redwing

Turdus iliacus

Turdidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the bare-eyed thrush?

An adult bare-eyed thrush weighs 48.7 g – 51 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the bare-eyed thrush endangered?

The bare-eyed 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 bare-eyed thrush?

The bare-eyed thrush (Turdus tephronotus) belongs to the family Turdidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{bare_eyed_thrush_2026,
  title = {Bare-eyed thrush (Turdus tephronotus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bare-eyed-thrush},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}