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title: "Clay-colored Thrush"
description: "Turdus grayi — Birds. The clay-colored thrush (Turdus grayi) is a common Middle American bird of the thrush family (Turdidae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/clay-colored-thrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Clay-colored Thrush

> Turdus grayi — Birds. The clay-colored thrush (Turdus grayi) is a common Middle American bird of the thrush family (Turdidae).

- Scientific name: *Turdus grayi*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 27217
- Wikidata: [Q551736](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q551736)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12720](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12720)

## Names

- en: Clay-colored Thrush
- de: Gilbdrossel
- es: Mirlo Café
- fr: Merle fauve
- nl: Grays lijster
- pl: Drozd brązowawy

## Countries with the most observations

MX (10368), CR (5772), PA (2802), US (2284), HN (1006), GT (834), SV (587), BZ (477), CO (373), NI (362)

## Summary

The clay-colored thrush (Turdus grayi) is a common Middle American bird of the thrush family (Turdidae). It is the national bird of Costa Rica, where it is well known as the yigüirro (Spanish: [ʝi'ɣwiro]). Other common names include clay-colored robin.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay-colored_thrush

## Photo

![Clay-colored Thrush](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/clay-colored-thrush/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/261196184

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/clay-colored-thrush?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).