Sichuan thrush
Zoothera griseiceps (Delacour, 1930)
The sichuan thrush (Zoothera griseiceps) is a species in the family Turdidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 98.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the sichuan thrush
- Weight
- 98.2 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- 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 sichuan thrush live?
Not recorded
What is the sichuan thrush?
The Sichuan thrush or Sichuan forest thrush (Zoothera griseiceps) is a species of bird in the thrush family. It breeds in central China and winters in northern Vietnam. The Sichuan thrush was formerly considered as conspecific with the alpine thrush and the Himalayan thrush as the plain-backed thrush until split in 2016.
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Is the sichuan thrush endangered?
The sichuan 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. What the categories mean.
How is the sichuan thrush classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyTurdidae
- genusZoothera
- SpeciesZoothera griseiceps (Delacour, 1930)
Synonyms Oreocincla griseiceps, Zoothera mollissima griseiceps, Zoothera mollssima griseiceps
Other names and names in other languages (21)
- Sichuan forest thrushEnglish
- Sichuan DrosselDanish
- SichuanerddrosselGerman
- siĉŭana turdoEsperanto
- Zorzal dorsiliso de SichuanSpanish
- Grive du SichuanFrench
- シセントラツグミJapanese
- SichuanlijsterDutch
- sichuantrostNorwegian
- drozdoń syczuańskiPolish
- tordo-de-sujuãoPortuguese
- tordo-do-sujuãoPortuguese
- Сычуаньский дроздRussian
- Сычуаньский земляной дроздRussian
- drozd sivastohlavýSlovak
- Sečuanski drozdSerbian
- sichuantrastSwedish
- Siçuan ArdıcıTurkish
- квічаль сичуанськийUkrainian
- 四川地鶇Chinese
- 四川淡背地鸫Chinese
Relatives of the sichuan thrush
Other species in the same genus Zoothera.
Scaly thrush
Zoothera dauma
White's thrush
Zoothera aurea
Long-tailed thrush
Zoothera dixoni
Dark-sided thrush
Zoothera marginata
Sunda thrush
Zoothera andromedae
Alpine thrush
Zoothera mollissima
CompareSichuan thrush vs Scaly thrushSichuan thrush vs White's thrushSichuan thrush vs Long-tailed thrushSichuan thrush vs Dark-sided thrush
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the sichuan thrush?
An adult sichuan thrush weighs 98.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the sichuan thrush endangered?
The sichuan 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 sichuan thrush?
The sichuan thrush (Zoothera griseiceps) 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.
- 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 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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