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Turdidae is a family of birds that includes thrushes, robins, and bluebirds found across the world. These birds matter because they are among the most familiar and widespread songbirds, playing important roles in their ecosystems as seed dispersers and insect controllers.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTurdidae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Muscicapoidea
- Image
- Turdus viscivorus Brych y coed.jpg
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Article
The thrushes are a passerine bird family, Turdidae, with a worldwide distribution. The family was once much larger before biologists reclassified the former subfamily Saxicolinae, which includes the chats and European robins, as Old World flycatchers. Thrushes are small to medium-sized ground living birds that feed on insects, other invertebrates, and fruit. Some unrelated species around the world have been named after thrushes due to their similarity to birds in this family.
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