Palm thrush

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}

{{automatic taxobox

| name = Palm thrushes

| image = Cichladusa guttata -near Baringo Lake, Kenya-8.jpg

| image_caption = Spotted palm thrush, (Cichladusa guttata)

| taxon = Cichladusa

| authority = W. Peters, 1863

| type_species = Cichladusa arquata{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=183 |title= Muscicapidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-15}}

| type_species_authority = W. Peters, 1863

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

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The palm thrushes are medium-sized insectivorous birds in the genus Cichladusa. They were formerly in the thrush family Turdidae, but are now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher Muscicapidae.

These are tropical African species which nest in palm trees or buildings.

The genus includes the following species:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | title=Chats, Old World flycatchers | work=World Bird List Version 6.2 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/chats/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union| accessdate=20 May 2016 }}

• Collared palm thrush, Cichladusa arquata
• Rufous-tailed palm thrush, Cichladusa ruficauda
• Spotted palm thrush, Cichladusa guttata