Grey Shrikethrush

Grey Shrikethrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Colluricincla
Species: C. harmonica
Binomial name
Colluricincla harmonica
Latham, 1802

The Grey Shrikethrush or Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica), formerly commonly known as Grey Thrush, is one of the best-loved and most distinctive songbirds of Australasia. It is moderately common to common in most parts of Australia, but absent from the driest of the inland deserts. It is also found in New Guinea.

Of medium size (about 24 cm (9 in) long) and lacking bright colours, the Grey Shrikethrush—usually just thrush in casual conversation—has an extraordinary gift for ringing melody, unmatched by any other Australasian species save perhaps the two lyrebirds and its northern relative, the Sandstone Shrike-thrush.

The Grey Shrikethrush is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Kobble Creek, SE Qld, Australia, April 2008
Grey Shrike-thrush foraging for food and nesting materials
subspecies strigata
Dorrigo, NSW, Australia, Juli 2007



References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Colluricincla harmonica. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

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