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title: "Erddrossel"
description: "Zoothera aurea — Vögel. White's thrush (Zoothera aurea) is a member of the thrush family, Turdidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/white-s-thrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Erddrossel

> Zoothera aurea — Vögel. White's thrush (Zoothera aurea) is a member of the thrush family, Turdidae.

- Scientific name: *Zoothera aurea*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 2242
- Wikidata: [Q949662](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q949662)
- iNaturalist taxon: [497042](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/497042)

## Names

- en: White's Thrush
- de: Erddrossel
- es: Zorzal de White
- fr: Grive dorée
- nl: Goudlijster
- pl: Drozdoń tajgowy

## Countries with the most observations

CN (370), TW (362), RU (299), JP (208), HK (197), KR (166), TH (28), MO (12), MN (11), PH (7), KZ (5), SG (4)

## Summary

White's thrush (Zoothera aurea) is a member of the thrush family, Turdidae.  It was named after the English naturalist Gilbert White. The genus name Zoothera comes from the Ancient Greek zoon, "animal" and theras, "hunter". The specific aurea is from Latin aureus, "golden".

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%27s_thrush

## Photo

![Erddrossel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-s-thrush/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kōsuke Onoda · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106665022

## Machine access

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