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title: "Kurrichanelijster"
description: "Turdus libonyana — Vogels. The Kurrichane thrush (Turdus libonyana) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/kurrichane-thrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kurrichanelijster

> Turdus libonyana — Vogels. The Kurrichane thrush (Turdus libonyana) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae.

- Scientific name: *Turdus libonyana*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 2226
- Wikidata: [Q904010](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q904010)
- iNaturalist taxon: [201216](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/201216)

## Names

- en: Kurrichane Thrush
- de: Rotschnabeldrossel
- es: Zorzal de Kurrichane
- fr: Merle kurrichane
- nl: Kurrichanelijster
- pt: Tordo-chicharrio
- pl: Drozd szaropierśny

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1436), ZW (244), BW (144), ZM (73), MW (70), SZ (52), NA (41), MZ (35), AO (26), TZ (10), CD (5)

## Summary

The Kurrichane thrush (Turdus libonyana) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae. The species is found from central through to southern Africa. Its natural habitat is dry savanna and woodland, predominantly miombo woodland.

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

## Photo

![Kurrichanelijster](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/kurrichane-thrush/medium.jpg)

Photo: lallen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33106515

## Machine access

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