Groundscraper thrush
Turdus litsitsirupa (A. Smith, 1836)
Status not recordedsongbirds
The groundscraper thrush (Turdus litsitsirupa) is a species in the family Turdidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 74 g to 75.8 g.
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Quick facts about the groundscraper thrush
- Weight
- 74 g – 75.8 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2.66src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the groundscraper thrush live?
Not recorded
Is the groundscraper 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 groundscraper thrush classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyTurdidae
- genusTurdus
- SpeciesTurdus litsitsirupa (A. Smith, 1836)
Synonyms Merula letsitsirupa, Merula litsitsirupa, Psophocichla litsipsirupa, Psophocichla litsitsirupa, Turdus strepitans
Other names and names in other languages (34)
- GRTHEnglish
- PsophocichlaEnglish
- Gevlekte LysterAfrikaans
- griva africanaCatalan
- drozd pruholícíCzech
- Rank JorddrosselDanish
- Opret JorddrosselDanish
- AkaziendrosselGerman
- LicicirupoEsperanto
- grunda turdoEsperanto
- Zorzal litsitsirupaSpanish
- pöyhijärastasFinnish
- Grive litsitsirupaFrench
- Merle litsitsirupaFrench
- pozemni drozdCroatian
- akácia rigóHungarian
- Tordo grattaterraItalian
- ウタツグミモドキJapanese
- strazdas žemkasysLithuanian
- MarktrostNorwegian Bokmål
- AcacialijsterDutch
- tåremarktrostNorwegian
- drozd kroplistyPolish
- tordo-litsitsirupaPortuguese
- tordo-de-peito-malhadoPortuguese
- Дрозд-землекопRussian
- drozd akáciovýSlovak
- Akacijin drozdSerbian
- jordtrastSwedish
- Litsitsirupa ArdıcıTurkish
- leTsutsuropuTswana
- дрізд-землекопUkrainian
- 草原寬鶇Chinese
- 非洲地鸫Chinese
Relatives of the groundscraper 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
CompareGroundscraper thrush vs Common blackbirdGroundscraper thrush vs Song thrushGroundscraper thrush vs FieldfareGroundscraper thrush vs Mistle thrush
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the groundscraper thrush?
An adult groundscraper thrush weighs 74 g – 75.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the groundscraper thrush?
The groundscraper thrush (Turdus litsitsirupa) 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
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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