Christmas Island Thrush
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Thrushes and Allies

Christmas Island Thrush

Turdus erythropleurus

NENot Evaluated
Family
Thrushes and Allies (Turdidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The Christmas island thrush (Turdus erythropleurus) is a species of passerine in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean. It was formerly considered a subspecies of island thrush, but was classified as its own species in 2024 by the IOC and Clements checklist.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Christmas Island (east-central Indian Ocean).

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.