Brown-headed thrush
Turdus chrysolaus Temminck, 1832
The brown-headed thrush (Turdus chrysolaus) is a species in the family Turdidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 65 g to 66 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the brown-headed thrush
- Weight
- 65.4 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.2 – 3.6src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Migratorysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the brown-headed thrush live?
Not recorded
What is the brown-headed thrush?
The brown-headed thrush (Turdus chrysolaus), sometimes known as the brown thrush, is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It breeds in Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands and Japan; it winters in south toward the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Hainan and the northern Philippines. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
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Is the brown-headed thrush endangered?
The brown-headed thrush is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the brown-headed thrush classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyTurdidae
- genusTurdus
- SpeciesTurdus chrysolaus Temminck, 1832
Synonyms Turdus chrycolaus, Turdus pallidus chrysolaus
Other names and names in other languages (38)
- merla de cap bruCatalan
- drozd červenozobýCzech
- brych picochWelsh
- KurilerdrosselDanish
- KurillerdrosselDanish
- JapandrosselGerman
- RotkopfdrosselGerman
- brunkapa turdoEsperanto
- Zorzal cabecipardoSpanish
- jaapani rästasEstonian
- japaninpunarastasFinnish
- Merle à flancs rouxFrench
- smeđoglavi kosCroatian
- vörösfejű rigóHungarian
- Tordo beccorossoItalian
- Tordo testabrunaItalian
- アカハラJapanese
- 赤腹Japanese
- アカハラ (赤腹)Japanese
- 붉은배지빠귀Korean
- rudagalvis strazdasLithuanian
- brūngalvas strazdsLatvian
- Japanse LijsterDutch
- brunhodetrostNorwegian
- drozd kurylskiPolish
- tordo-de-cabeça-pardaPortuguese
- tordo-de-cabeça-castanhaPortuguese
- Золотистый дроздRussian
- drozd kurilskýSlovak
- Kurilski drozdSerbian
- brunhuvad trastSwedish
- bgSwedish
- Sakhalin ArdıcıTurkish
- дрізд золотистийUkrainian
- 赤胸鶇Chinese
- 赤胸鸫Chinese
- 赤腹鶇Chinese
- 赤腹鶇〔赤胸鶇〕Chinese
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Relatives of the brown-headed thrush
Other species in the same genus Turdus.
Common blackbird
Turdus merula
Song thrush
Turdus philomelos
Fieldfare
Turdus pilaris
Mistle thrush
Turdus viscivorus
Ring ouzel
Turdus torquatus
Redwing
Turdus iliacus
CompareBrown-headed thrush vs Common blackbirdBrown-headed thrush vs Song thrushBrown-headed thrush vs FieldfareBrown-headed thrush vs Mistle thrush
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the brown-headed thrush?
An adult brown-headed thrush weighs 65.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the brown-headed thrush endangered?
The brown-headed 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 brown-headed thrush?
The brown-headed thrush (Turdus chrysolaus) 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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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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