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title: "Karoo Thrush"
description: "Turdus smithi — Vogels. The Karoo thrush (Turdus smithi), also known as Smith's thrush, is a member of the thrush family in Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/karoo-thrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Karoo Thrush

> Turdus smithi — Vogels. The Karoo thrush (Turdus smithi), also known as Smith's thrush, is a member of the thrush family in Africa.

- Scientific name: *Turdus smithi*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1963
- Wikidata: [Q27075630](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075630)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145083](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145083)

## Names

- en: Karoo Thrush
- de: Karoodrossel
- es: Zorzal del Karoo
- fr: Merle de Smith
- pl: Drozd przylądkowy

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1700), BW (65), NA (24)

## Summary

The Karoo thrush (Turdus smithi), also known as Smith's thrush, is a member of the thrush family in Africa. It has traditionally been considered a subspecies of the olive thrush (with which it is known to hybridize), but is increasingly treated as a separate species. The specific name honours the Scottish military surgeon and zoologist Sir Andrew Smith.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/351811134

## Machine access

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