Tickell's thrush
Turdus unicolor Tickell, 1833
The tickell's thrush (Turdus unicolor) is a species in the family Turdidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 64 g to 65.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the tickell's thrush
- Weight
- 64.2 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
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Photos of the tickell's thrush
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Where does the tickell's thrush live?
Not recorded
What is the tickell's thrush?
Tickell's thrush (Turdus unicolor) is a passerine bird in the thrush family Turdidae. It is common in open forest in the Himalayas, and migrates seasonally into peninsular India, Nepal and rarely to Bangladesh.
The name commemorates the British ornithologist Samuel Tickell who collected in India and Burma.
From the Wikipedia article “Tickell's thrush” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tickell%27s_thrush&oldid=1380734814), 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 tickell's thrush endangered?
The tickell's 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 tickell's thrush classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyTurdidae
- genusTurdus
- SpeciesTurdus unicolor Tickell, 1833
Synonyms Turdus unicolor subbicolor
Other names and names in other languages (38)
- Едноцветен дроздBulgarian
- টিকেলের দামাBangla
- Drask-HimalayaBreton
- merla argentadaCatalan
- drozd severoindickýCzech
- brych TickellWelsh
- GrådrosselDanish
- EinfarbdrosselGerman
- unukolora turdoEsperanto
- Zorzal unicolorSpanish
- himaalaja rästasEstonian
- توکای تکرنگPersian
- intianrastasFinnish
- Merle unicoloreFrench
- Smólach liathIrish
- קיכלי תכלכלHebrew
- sivi kosCroatian
- egyszínű rigóHungarian
- FjallþrösturIcelandic
- Tordo di TickellItalian
- ヒマラヤハイイロツグミJapanese
- vienspalvis strazdasLithuanian
- vienkrāsas strazdsLatvian
- टिकेलची कस्तुरिकाMarathi
- फुस्रे चाँचरNepali
- Tickells LijsterDutch
- himalayatrostNorwegian
- drozd śniadyPolish
- tordo-unicolorPortuguese
- Одноцветный дроздRussian
- IndiarásttisNorthern Sami
- drozd jednofarebnýSlovak
- Tikelov drozdSerbian
- gråtrastSwedish
- Gri ArdıçTurkish
- дрізд індійськийUkrainian
- 蒂氏鸫Chinese
- 蒂克氏鶇Chinese
Relatives of the tickell's 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
CompareTickell's thrush vs Common blackbirdTickell's thrush vs Song thrushTickell's thrush vs FieldfareTickell's thrush vs Mistle thrush
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the tickell's thrush?
An adult tickell's thrush weighs 64.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the tickell's thrush endangered?
The tickell's 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 tickell's thrush?
The tickell's thrush (Turdus unicolor) 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
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
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