Chinese thrush
Turdus mupinensis Laubmann, 1920
Status not recordedsongbirds
The chinese thrush (Turdus mupinensis) is a species in the family Turdidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 59 g to 66.2 g.
Quick facts about the chinese thrush
- Weight
- 59 g – 66.2 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2.8 – 2.9src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the chinese thrush live?
Not recorded
What is the chinese thrush?
The Chinese thrush (Turdus mupinensis) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in China and far northern Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
A recent molecular study places the Chinese thrush's closest relatives as the similarly plumaged European species, the song thrush (T. philomelos) and the mistle thrush (T. viscivorus), all three species early offshoots from the main Turdus radiation around the world.
From the Wikipedia article “Chinese thrush” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chinese_thrush&oldid=1314041020), 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 chinese thrush endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the chinese thrush classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyTurdidae
- genusTurdus
- SpeciesTurdus mupinensis Laubmann, 1920
Synonyms Otocichla mupinensis, Turdus auritus, Turdus auritus conquisitus
Other names and names in other languages (31)
- tord de la XinaCatalan
- drozd čínskýCzech
- bronfraith MongoliaWelsh
- Kinesisk SangdrosselDanish
- ChinasingdrosselGerman
- Koniferen-DrosselGerman
- ĉinia turdoEsperanto
- Tordo ChinoSpanish
- Zorzal chinoSpanish
- hiina laulurästasEstonian
- kiinanlaulurastasFinnish
- Grive de VerreauxFrench
- kínai rigóHungarian
- Tordo della CinaItalian
- チベットウタツグミJapanese
- 큰점지빠귀Korean
- kininis strazdasLithuanian
- Ķīnas dziedātājstrazdsLatvian
- MupinlijsterDutch
- Mongoolse LijsterDutch
- kinatrostNorwegian
- drozd chińskiPolish
- tordo-chinêsPortuguese
- Китайский дроздRussian
- drozd tmavosluchýSlovak
- Kineski drozdSerbian
- kinesisk trastSwedish
- Çin ArdıcıTurkish
- дрізд китайськийUkrainian
- 宝兴歌鸫Chinese
- 寶興歌鶇Chinese
Relatives of the chinese 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
CompareChinese thrush vs Common blackbirdChinese thrush vs Song thrushChinese thrush vs FieldfareChinese thrush vs Mistle thrush
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the chinese thrush?
An adult chinese thrush weighs 59 g – 66.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the chinese thrush?
The chinese thrush (Turdus mupinensis) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
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
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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