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title: "Roodpootlijster"
description: "Turdus plumbeus — Vogels. The Western red-legged thrush (Turdus plumbeus) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/western-red-legged-thrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Roodpootlijster

> Turdus plumbeus — Vogels. The Western red-legged thrush (Turdus plumbeus) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.

- Scientific name: *Turdus plumbeus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 997
- Wikidata: [Q908489](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q908489)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12718](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12718)

## Names

- en: Western Red-legged Thrush
- de: Rotfußdrossel
- es: Zorzal de patas coloradas
- fr: Merle vantard
- nl: Roodpootlijster
- pl: Drozd karaibski

## Countries with the most observations

CU (662), BS (211), US (56), KY (22), PR (4)

## Summary

The Western red-legged thrush (Turdus plumbeus) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. Native to the Caribbean, it is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, and Cuba. It formerly occurred on the Swan Islands, Honduras, but was extirpated there.

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

## Photo

![Roodpootlijster](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-red-legged-thrush/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carter Dorscht · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106868304

## Machine access

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