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

# Pale-breasted Thrush

> Turdus leucomelas — Birds. The pale-breasted thrush (Turdus leucomelas) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.

- Scientific name: *Turdus leucomelas*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 10639
- Wikidata: [Q1589021](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1589021)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12737](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12737)

## Names

- en: Pale-breasted Thrush
- de: Fahlbrustdrossel
- es: Zorzal sabiá
- fr: Merle leucomèle
- nl: Vaalborstlijster
- pt: Sabiá-do-barranco
- pl: Drozd płowoszary

## Countries with the most observations

BR (7196), CO (1230), AR (501), GF (310), VE (180), SR (78), GY (77), BO (38), PY (35), PE (7), UY (3)

## Summary

The pale-breasted thrush (Turdus leucomelas) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in every mainland South American country except Chile and Ecuador.

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

## Photo

![Pale-breasted Thrush](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pale-breasted-thrush/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tiago Lubiana · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102297772

## Machine access

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