Scaly thrush
Zoothera dauma (Latham, 1790)
The scaly thrush (Zoothera dauma) is a species in the family Turdidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 128 g to 150 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the scaly 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
- 3.5 – 3.75src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Migratorysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the scaly thrush live?
Not recorded
Is the scaly thrush endangered?
The scaly thrush is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the scaly thrush classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyTurdidae
- genusZoothera
- SpeciesZoothera dauma (Latham, 1790)
Synonyms Oreocincla dauma, Oreocincla dauma socia, Turdus aur eus, Turdus dauma
Other names and names in other languages (42)
- Eurasian scaly thrushEnglish
- Златист дроздBulgarian
- griva dauradaCatalan
- drozd pestrýCzech
- drozd šupinkatýCzech
- GulddrosselDanish
- HimalajaerddrosselGerman
- ErddrosselGerman
- ΧρυσότσιχλαGreek
- skvama turdoEsperanto
- Zorzal dorado del HimalayaSpanish
- kirjurästasEstonian
- suomurastasFinnish
- Grive damaFrench
- Smólach órbhreacIrish
- ljuskasti drozdCroatian
- himalájai földirigóHungarian
- Anis sisikIndonesian
- FoldþrösturIcelandic
- Tordo squamatoItalian
- ミナミトラツグミJapanese
- カッショクトラツグミJapanese
- raibasis dirvinis strazdasLithuanian
- raibais zemesstrazdsLatvian
- GulltrostNorwegian Bokmål
- Oostelijke GoudlijsterDutch
- skjelltrostNorwegian
- drozdoń pstryPolish
- tordo-douradoPortuguese
- tordo-escamosoPortuguese
- Пёстрый дроздRussian
- Чешуйчатый дроздRussian
- FiskesrásttisNorthern Sami
- drozd jarabýSlovak
- grahasti droznikSlovenian
- Obični pirgavi drozdSerbian
- tigertrastSwedish
- นกเดินดงลายเสือThai
- Pullu ArdıçTurkish
- квічаль строкатийUkrainian
- 小虎斑地鸫Chinese
- 虎鶇〔虎斑地鶇〕Chinese
Relatives of the scaly thrush
Other species in the same genus Zoothera.
White's thrush
Zoothera aurea
Long-tailed thrush
Zoothera dixoni
Dark-sided thrush
Zoothera marginata
Sunda thrush
Zoothera andromedae
Alpine thrush
Zoothera mollissima
Long-billed thrush
Zoothera monticola
CompareScaly thrush vs White's thrushScaly thrush vs Long-tailed thrushScaly thrush vs Dark-sided thrushScaly thrush vs Sunda thrush
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the scaly thrush?
An adult scaly thrush weighs 128 g – 150 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the scaly thrush endangered?
The scaly 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 scaly thrush?
The scaly thrush (Zoothera dauma) 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.
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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
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