---
title: "Great Thrush"
description: "Turdus fuscater — Birds. The great thrush (Turdus fuscater) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/great-thrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Great Thrush

> Turdus fuscater — Birds. The great thrush (Turdus fuscater) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.

- Scientific name: *Turdus fuscater*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `mountains` (Mountains)
- iNaturalist observations: 12897
- Wikidata: [Q1067396](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1067396)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12781](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12781)

## Names

- en: Great Thrush
- de: Riesendrossel
- es: Mirla patinaranja
- fr: Merle géant
- nl: Reuzenlijster
- pl: Drozd duży

## Countries with the most observations

CO (6264), EC (4237), PE (284), BO (89), VE (24)

## Summary

The great thrush (Turdus fuscater) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. It is considered as the largest thrush in South America. The great thrush's size distinguishes it from the several other uniform slaty-colored thrushes in its range. It inhabits subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and high-altitude shrubland, but can also make use of degraded forest and urban areas.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Nico · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191887213

## Machine access

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