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title: "Japanese Thrush"
description: "Turdus cardis — Uccelli. The Japanese thrush (Turdus cardis) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/japanese-thrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Japanese Thrush

> Turdus cardis — Uccelli. The Japanese thrush (Turdus cardis) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae.

- Scientific name: *Turdus cardis*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 1590
- Wikidata: [Q2720710](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2720710)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12726](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12726)

## Names

- en: Japanese Thrush
- de: Scheckendrossel
- es: Zorzal japonés
- fr: Merle du Japon
- nl: Zwartkaplijster
- pl: Drozd japoński

## Countries with the most observations

HK (271), CN (268), JP (156), VN (58), KR (45), TW (42), MO (32), TH (9), RU (3)

## Summary

The Japanese thrush (Turdus cardis) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae. The species is also known as the grey thrush or the Japanese grey thrush. The species was once split into two subspecies, with birds breeding in China being treated as the subspecies T. c. lateus,, but today differences are attributed to natural variation and the species is treated as being monotypic.
The Japanese thrush is migratory. It breeds in central China and Japan, arriving in Japan by April or May; it winters in coastal southern China (including Hainan) and northern Laos and Vietnam leaving its breeding grounds around October…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Aiken Lau · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/334032484

## Machine access

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