- Fraser’s Rufous Thrush
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Fraser’s Rufous Thrush Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae Genus: Neocossyphus Species: N. fraseri Binomial name Neocossyphus fraseri
(Strickland, 1844)Synonyms Stizorhina fraseri
Fraser’s Rufous Thrush (Neocossyphus fraseri), also known as the Rufous Flycatcher-thrush, is a species of bird in the thrush family.
Distribution and habitat
It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Taxonomy
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush is often considered conspecific with it (BirdLife International 2004). However, Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush is treated here as a separate species following the Handbook of the Birds of the World (del Hoyo et al. 2005). Also, the flycatcher-thrushes are sometimes placed in a separate genus, Stizorhina (BirdLife International 2004), but here they are placed in Neocossyphus, again following del Hoyo et al. (2005).
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Stizorhina fraseri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
- del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. (2005), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 10: Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, ISBN 978-84-87334-72-6
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