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title: "Dusky Thrush"
description: "Turdus eunomus — Birds. The dusky thrush (Turdus eunomus) is a member of the thrush family which breeds eastwards from central Siberia to Kamchatka wintering in Korea, Japan, South China and Myanmar."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/dusky-thrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Dusky Thrush

> Turdus eunomus — Birds. The dusky thrush (Turdus eunomus) is a member of the thrush family which breeds eastwards from central Siberia to Kamchatka  wintering in Korea, Japan, South China and Myanmar.

- Scientific name: *Turdus eunomus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `mountains` (Mountains)
- iNaturalist observations: 7771
- Wikidata: [Q1591651](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1591651)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145087](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145087)

## Names

- en: Dusky Thrush
- de: Naumanndrossel
- es: Zorzal eunomo
- fr: Grive à ailes rousses
- nl: Bruine lijster
- pt: Tordo-de-coleira-preta
- pl: Drozd rdzawoskrzydły

## Countries with the most observations

JP (3339), CN (636), KR (575), RU (475), TW (183), HK (30), DE (11), DK (11), CA (9), IN (6), GB (5), MN (5)

## Summary

The dusky thrush (Turdus eunomus) is a member of the thrush family which breeds eastwards from central Siberia to Kamchatka  wintering in Korea, Japan, South China and Myanmar. It is closely related to the more southerly breeding Naumann's thrush T. naumanni; the two have often been regarded as conspecific. The scientific name comes from Latin Turdus, "thrush" and Ancient Greek eunomos, "orderly".
This species breeds in open woodland areas, but unlike Naumann's thrush, the dusky thrush is more tolerant of mountainous and tundra-edge habitats. This species is strongly migratory, wintering south to southeast Asia, principally…

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

## Photo

![Dusky Thrush](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dusky-thrush/medium.jpg)

Photo: renshuchu · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203676317

## Machine access

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