# Thrush birds of Puerto Rico

Canonical source: https://birdsofpuertorico.com/family/thrush

Browsing group in the Birds of Puerto Rico guide; not necessarily a formal taxonomic family.

The thrushes are a passerine bird family, Turdidae, with a worldwide distribution. The family was once much larger before biologists determined that the former subfamily Saxicolinae, which includes the chats and European robins, are 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.

## Species in this group

- [Red-legged Thrush](https://birdsofpuertorico.com/bird/236/Red-legged-Thrush.md): Turdus plumbeus.