A quail-thrush is a bird of the genus Cinclosoma, which contains eight species.

Quail-thrushes are in a different family from either quails or thrushes, but bear some superficial resemblance to them.

The genus is found in Australia and New Guinea in a variety of habitats ranging from rainforest to deserts.

The genus is closely related to the jewel-babblers of New Guinea.

[2] A molecular study published in 2015 by Gaynor Dolman and Leo Joseph resulted in the splitting of the chestnut-backed quail-thrush into the chestnut quail-thrush of eastern Australia and the copperback quail-thrush in the west.