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Fawn-breasted thrush

Zoothera machiki (H. O. Forbes, 1884)

NTNear Threatenedsongbirds

The fawn-breasted thrush (Zoothera machiki) is a species in the family Turdidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 128 g to 150 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Fawn-breasted thrush (Zoothera machiki)
Photo: Joseph Smit · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the fawn-breasted thrush

Weight
128 g – 150 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
3.75src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the fawn-breasted thrush live?

Not recorded

What is the fawn-breasted thrush?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The fawn-breasted thrush (Zoothera machiki) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to the Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

From the Wikipedia article “Fawn-breasted thrush” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fawn-breasted_thrush&oldid=1379694932), 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 fawn-breasted thrush endangered?

The fawn-breasted thrush is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  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 Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the fawn-breasted thrush classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyTurdidae
  6. genusZoothera
  7. SpeciesZoothera machiki (H. O. Forbes, 1884)

Synonyms Geocichla machiki, Zoothera dauma machiki

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • griva de les illes TanimbarCatalan
  • drozd světleprsýCzech
  • brych TanimbarWelsh
  • Tanimbar GulddrosselDanish
  • TanimbarerddrosselGerman
  • Tanimbar-DrosselGerman
  • okrabrusta turdoEsperanto
  • Zorzal de TanimbarSpanish
  • Zorzal de las TanimbarSpanish
  • tanimbari kirjurästasEstonian
  • tanimbarinkirjorastasFinnish
  • Grive à poitrine fauveFrench
  • tanimbarski drozdCroatian
  • tanimbar-szigeteki földirigóHungarian
  • Anis laratIndonesian
  • Tordo pettocamoscioItalian
  • タニンバルトラツグミJapanese
  • rusvakrūtis dirvinis strazdasLithuanian
  • TanimbargoudlijsterDutch
  • tanimbartrostNorwegian
  • drozdoń płowyPolish
  • tordo-das-tanimbarPortuguese
  • tordo-fulvo-das-tanimbarPortuguese
  • Танимбарский дроздRussian
  • Кремовогрудый земляной дроздRussian
  • drozd okrovýSlovak
  • Tanimbarski pirgavi drozdSerbian
  • gulbröstad trastSwedish
  • Sarı Göğüslü ArdıçTurkish
  • квічаль вохристоволийUkrainian
  • 黄胸地鸫Chinese
  • 淡黃胸地鶇Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the fawn-breasted 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 fawn-breasted thrush?

An adult fawn-breasted thrush weighs 128 g – 150 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the fawn-breasted thrush endangered?

The fawn-breasted thrush is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the fawn-breasted thrush?

The fawn-breasted thrush (Zoothera machiki) belongs to the family Turdidae in the order Passeriformes.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Fawn-breasted thrush (Zoothera machiki). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/fawn-breasted-thrush

MLA

“Fawn-breasted thrush (Zoothera machiki).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/fawn-breasted-thrush.

BibTeX
@misc{fawn_breasted_thrush_2026,
  title = {Fawn-breasted thrush (Zoothera machiki)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fawn-breasted-thrush},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}