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title: "Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush"
description: "Catharus aurantiirostris — Birds. The orange-billed nightingale-thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, the thrushes and allies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/orange-billed-nightingale-thrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush

> Catharus aurantiirostris — Birds. The orange-billed nightingale-thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, the thrushes and allies.

- Scientific name: *Catharus aurantiirostris*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 2141
- Wikidata: [Q775368](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q775368)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12900](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12900)

## Names

- en: Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
- de: Goldschnabelmusendrossel
- es: Zorzal pico naranja
- fr: Grive à bec orange
- nl: Geelbekdwerglijster
- pl: Drozdek żółtodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1134), CR (170), PA (115), CO (96), GT (51), SV (35), HN (34), NI (30), VE (13), TT (5)

## Summary

The orange-billed nightingale-thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, the thrushes and allies. It is found from northern Mexico through Central America (except Belize) into northern South America. In addition it has been documented in Brazil and as a vagrant to the United States.

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

## Photo

![Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/orange-billed-nightingale-thrush/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ángel Mata · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/264377352

## Machine access

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