Editing Palm thrush (section)

{{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 = [[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1863
| type_species = ''[[Collared palm thrush|Cichladusa arquata]]''<ref name=HM4>{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=183 |title= Muscicapidae |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-15}}</ref>
| type_species_authority = W. Peters, 1863
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
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}}

The '''palm thrushes''' are medium-sized insectivorous [[bird]]s in the genus '''''Cichladusa'''''. They were formerly in the [[thrush (bird)|thrush]] family Turdidae, but are now treated as part of the [[Old World flycatcher]] Muscicapidae.

These are tropical African species which nest in [[palm tree]]s or buildings.

The genus includes the following species:<ref name=ioc>{{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 }}</ref>

* [[Collared palm thrush]], ''Cichladusa arquata''
* [[Rufous-tailed palm thrush]], ''Cichladusa ruficauda''
* [[Spotted palm thrush]], ''Cichladusa guttata''