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Dark-sided thrush

Zoothera marginata Blyth, 1847

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The dark-sided thrush (Zoothera marginata) is a species in the family Turdidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 81 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Dark-sided thrush (Zoothera marginata)
Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the dark-sided thrush

Weight
81 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
3.5 – 3.75src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the dark-sided thrush live?

Not recorded

What is the dark-sided thrush?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The dark-sided thrush (Zoothera marginata) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae. It is also known as the lesser brown thrush, the long-billed ground-thrush, and the dark-sided ground-thrush. The species is monotypic (lacking subspecies) and is closely related to a number of thrushes in the genus Zoothera, including the long-billed thrush and the widespread scaly thrush. It was described by Edward Blyth in 1847 based upon a specimen collected in Rakhine in Burma (Myanmar).

From the Wikipedia article “Dark-sided thrush” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dark-sided_thrush&oldid=1314121128), 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 dark-sided thrush endangered?

The dark-sided 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 dark-sided thrush classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyTurdidae
  6. genusZoothera
  7. SpeciesZoothera marginata Blyth, 1847

Synonyms Zoothera marginata parva, Zoothera marginata tenebrosa

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • griva de bec ganxutCatalan
  • brych hirbig bachWelsh
  • MarginatadrosselDanish
  • Pletflanket DrosselDanish
  • Langschnabel-ErddrosselGerman
  • LangschnabeldrosselGerman
  • malhelflanka turdoEsperanto
  • Zorzal flanquioscuroSpanish
  • salenokk-kirjurästasEstonian
  • nokkarastasFinnish
  • Grive à grand becFrench
  • dugokljuni drozdCroatian
  • Tordo fianchiscuriItalian
  • コオオハシツグミJapanese
  • ilgasnapis dirvinis strazdasLithuanian
  • Kleine LangsnavellijsterDutch
  • dunkeltrostNorwegian
  • drozdoń himalajskiPolish
  • tordo-orladoPortuguese
  • tordo-de-flancos-escurosPortuguese
  • Длинноклювый дроздRussian
  • Длинноклювый земляной дроздRussian
  • drozd tmavobokýSlovak
  • Ljuskasti dugokljuni drozdSerbian
  • mörksidig trastSwedish
  • นกเดินดงเล็กปากยาวThai
  • İncili Esmer ArdıçTurkish
  • квічаль довгодзьобийUkrainian
  • 長嘴地鶇Chinese
  • 长嘴地鸫Chinese

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Relatives of the dark-sided 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 dark-sided thrush?

An adult dark-sided thrush weighs 81 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the dark-sided thrush endangered?

The dark-sided 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 dark-sided thrush?

The dark-sided thrush (Zoothera marginata) belongs to the family Turdidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dark-sided thrush (Zoothera marginata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-sided-thrush

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{dark_sided_thrush_2026,
  title = {Dark-sided thrush (Zoothera marginata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-sided-thrush},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}