A shrikethrush, also spelled shrike-thrush, is any one of eleven species of songbird that is a member of the genus Colluricincla.

They have nondescript, predominantly brown or grey, plumage, but are accomplished singers,[2] their calls described as "strong, mellow and beautiful.

"[3] Shrikethrushes are generally insectivorous, though have been recorded eating molluscs and berries.

Noting the beak, they thought it related to shrikes or vangas, though its form was reminiscent of thrushes.

Molecular dating suggests the shrikethrushes diverged from the common ancestor of the genus Pseudorectes (their closest relatives) in the mid-Pliocene around 3 million years ago, and that this combined lineage had diverged from the ancestor of the other members of the Pachycephalidae around 5 million years ago in the early Pliocene.