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title: "Mexicaanse witneklijster"
description: "Turdus assimilis — Vogels. The white-throated thrush (Turdus assimilis) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/white-throated-thrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mexicaanse witneklijster

> Turdus assimilis — Vogels. The white-throated thrush (Turdus assimilis) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.

- Scientific name: *Turdus assimilis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2441
- Wikidata: [Q589946](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q589946)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12711](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12711)

## Names

- en: White-throated Thrush
- de: Weißkehldrossel
- es: Mirlo garganta blanca
- fr: Merle à gorge blanche
- nl: Mexicaanse witneklijster
- pl: Drozd białogardły

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1400), CR (307), PA (170), US (64), SV (32), GT (27), HN (16), BZ (13), NI (10)

## Summary

The white-throated thrush (Turdus assimilis) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Mexico and Central America. It also has strayed to the southwestern United States. It previously was called the white-throated robin, a name also used for the Old World species Irania gutturalis.

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

## Photo

![Mexicaanse witneklijster](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-throated-thrush/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua Smith · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253854246

## Machine access

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