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title: "African Thrush"
description: "Turdus pelios — Uccelli. The African thrush or West African thrush (Turdus pelios) is a passerine bird in the thrush family Turdidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/african-thrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# African Thrush

> Turdus pelios — Uccelli. The African thrush or West African thrush (Turdus pelios) is a passerine bird in the thrush family Turdidae.

- Scientific name: *Turdus pelios*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 1429
- Wikidata: [Q513026](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q513026)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12709](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12709)

## Names

- en: African Thrush
- de: Afrikadrossel
- es: Zorzal Africano Occidental
- fr: Merle africain
- nl: Pelioslijster
- pt: Tordo-africano
- pl: Drozd żółtodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

UG (250), GM (174), BJ (119), NG (94), KE (84), RW (83), GA (75), ET (66), GH (48), CM (40), BF (33), SN (27)

## Summary

The African thrush or West African thrush (Turdus pelios) is a passerine bird in the thrush family Turdidae. It is common in well-wooded areas over much of the western part of sub-Saharan Africa, it was once considered to be conspecific with the olive thrush but that species has now been split further. Populations are resident (non-migratory).

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Ben Keen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199036008

## Machine access

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