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Guadalcanal thrush

Zoothera turipavae A. J. Cain & I. C. J. Galbraith, 1955

NTNear Threatenedsongbirds

The guadalcanal thrush (Zoothera turipavae) is a species in the family Turdidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 53.5 g to 65.3 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

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Quick facts about the guadalcanal thrush

Weight
53.5 g – 65.3 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
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the guadalcanal thrush live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The guadalcanal thrush is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the guadalcanal thrush?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Guadalcanal thrush (Zoothera turipavae) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to Guadalcanal. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Guadalcanal thrush” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guadalcanal_thrush&oldid=1358742368), 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 guadalcanal thrush endangered?

The guadalcanal 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 guadalcanal thrush classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyTurdidae
  6. genusZoothera
  7. SpeciesZoothera turipavae A. J. Cain & I. C. J. Galbraith, 1955

Synonyms Cichlornis turipavae, Cichlornis whitneyi turipavae, Zoothera margaretae turipavae, Zoothera talaseae turipavae

Other names and names in other languages (24)
  • tord de l'illa GuadalcanalCatalan
  • drozd guadalcanalskýCzech
  • Guadalcanal DrosselDanish
  • Guadalcanal-ErddrosselGerman
  • gvadalkanala turdoEsperanto
  • Zorzal de GuadalcanalSpanish
  • guadalcanali kirjurästasEstonian
  • Grive de GuadalcanalFrench
  • solomonski drozdCroatian
  • ガダルカナルジツグミJapanese
  • saliamoninis dirvinis strazdasLithuanian
  • GuadalcanallijsterDutch
  • guadalcanaltrostNorwegian
  • drozdoń brązowyPolish
  • tordo-de-guadalcanalPortuguese
  • Гуадалканальский дроздRussian
  • Гуадалканальский земляной дроздRussian
  • drozd machovýSlovak
  • Drozd sa GvadalkanalaSerbian
  • guadalcanaltrastSwedish
  • Guadalkanal ArdıcıTurkish
  • квічаль краплистоволийUkrainian
  • 瓜岛地鸫Chinese
  • 瓜達卡納地鶇Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the guadalcanal 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 guadalcanal thrush?

An adult guadalcanal thrush weighs 53.5 g – 65.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the guadalcanal thrush live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the guadalcanal thrush for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the guadalcanal thrush endangered?

The guadalcanal 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 guadalcanal thrush?

The guadalcanal thrush (Zoothera turipavae) belongs to the family Turdidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Guadalcanal thrush (Zoothera turipavae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/guadalcanal-thrush

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BibTeX
@misc{guadalcanal_thrush_2026,
  title = {Guadalcanal thrush (Zoothera turipavae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/guadalcanal-thrush},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}