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Long-billed thrush

Zoothera monticola Vigors, 1832

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The long-billed thrush (Zoothera monticola) is a species in the family Turdidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 123 g to 150 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Long-billed thrush (Zoothera monticola)
Photo: J.M.Garg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the long-billed thrush

Weight
123 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
2.8 – 3.4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the long-billed thrush live?

Not recorded

What is the long-billed thrush?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The long-billed thrush (Zoothera monticola) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found from the Himalayas to Myanmar and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Long-billed thrush” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long-billed_thrush&oldid=1314896221), 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 long-billed thrush endangered?

The long-billed 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 long-billed thrush classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyTurdidae
  6. genusZoothera
  7. SpeciesZoothera monticola Vigors, 1832

Synonyms Turdus rostratus

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • griva becudaCatalan
  • drozd dlouhozobýCzech
  • brych hirbig mawrWelsh
  • Langnæbbet DrosselDanish
  • BergerddrosselGerman
  • BergdrosselGerman
  • longbeka turdoEsperanto
  • Zorzal piquilargoSpanish
  • suurnokk-kirjurästasEstonian
  • isonokkarastasFinnish
  • Grive montagnardeFrench
  • krupnokljuni drozdCroatian
  • galléros rigóHungarian
  • Tordo beccolungoItalian
  • オオハシツグミJapanese
  • kalninis dirvinis strazdasLithuanian
  • lielknābja zemesstrazdsLatvian
  • Урт хошуут хөөндэйMongolian
  • Grote LangsnavellijsterDutch
  • langnebbtrostNorwegian
  • drozdoń długodziobyPolish
  • tordo-de-bico-compridoPortuguese
  • Горный дроздRussian
  • Горный земляной дроздRussian
  • drozd dlhozobýSlovak
  • Smeđi dugokljuni drozdSerbian
  • långnäbbad trastSwedish
  • Uzun Gagalı ArdıçTurkish
  • квічаль гірськийUkrainian
  • 大長嘴地鶇Chinese
  • 大长嘴地鸫Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the long-billed 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 long-billed thrush?

An adult long-billed thrush weighs 123 g – 150 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the long-billed thrush endangered?

The long-billed 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 long-billed thrush?

The long-billed thrush (Zoothera monticola) belongs to the family Turdidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Long-billed thrush (Zoothera monticola). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-billed-thrush

MLA

“Long-billed thrush (Zoothera monticola).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-billed-thrush.

BibTeX
@misc{long_billed_thrush_2026,
  title = {Long-billed thrush (Zoothera monticola)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-billed-thrush},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}