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title: "Rufous-bellied Thrush"
description: "Turdus rufiventris — Birds. The rufous-bellied thrush (Turdus rufiventris) is a songbird of the thrush family (Turdidae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/rufous-bellied-thrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Rufous-bellied Thrush

> Turdus rufiventris — Birds. The rufous-bellied thrush (Turdus rufiventris) is a songbird of the thrush family (Turdidae).

- Scientific name: *Turdus rufiventris*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 17506
- Wikidata: [Q609283](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q609283)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12738](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12738)

## Names

- en: Rufous-bellied Thrush
- de: Rotbauchdrossel
- es: Zorzal colorado
- fr: Merle à ventre roux
- nl: Roodbuiklijster
- pt: Sabiá-laranjeira
- pl: Drozd rudobrzuchy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (8374), AR (7681), UY (519), BO (56), PY (55)

## Summary

The rufous-bellied thrush (Turdus rufiventris) is a songbird of the thrush family (Turdidae). Its distribution covers most of eastern and southeastern Brazil from the states of Maranhão south to Rio Grande do Sul, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and central regions of Argentina.
It is one of the most common birds across much of southeastern Brazil, and is known there under the name sabiá-laranjeira (Portuguese pronunciation: [sabiˈa laɾɐ̃ˈʒejɾɐ]). It was famously referred to in the well-known first strophe of the Brazilian nationalist poem Canção do Exílio. The rufous-bellied thrush has been the state bird of São Paulo…

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

## Photo

![Rufous-bellied Thrush](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rufous-bellied-thrush/medium.jpg)

Photo: Francisco Liguori · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120683229

## Machine access

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