- Asian thrush
Taxobox
name = Asian Thrushes
image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Z. dauma"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia =Turdidae
genus = "Zoothera"
genus_authority = Vigors, 1832
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = Some 35, see textThe Asian thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorousbird s in the genus "Zoothera" of the thrush familyTurdidae .Two New World species traditionally regarded as Zoothera; (
Varied Thrush andAztec Thrush ) actually belong elsewhere in the thrush family. A group containingSiberian Thrush and the African species is not closely related to the other "Zoothera " and no doubt will be generically reassigned at some point. [Jønsson, K.A., and J. Fjeldsa. 2006. A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves:Passeri). Zoologica Scripta 35: 149-186.]pecies in taxonomic order
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Slaty-backed Thrush , "Zoothera schistacea"
*Pied Thrush , "Zoothera wardii"
*Ashy Thrush , "Zoothera cinerea"
*Orange-banded Thrush , "Zoothera peronii"
*Orange-headed Thrush , "Zoothera citrina"
*Everett's Thrush , "Zoothera everetti"
*Spot-winged Thrush , "Zoothera spiloptera"
*Sunda Thrush , "Zoothera andromedae"
*Plain-backed Thrush , "Zoothera mollissima"
*Long-tailed Thrush , "Zoothera dixoni"
*White's Thrush , "Zoothera dauma"
** Scaly Thrush, "Zoothera (dauma) imbricata"
**Amami Thrush , "Zoothera (dauma) major"
** Horsfield's Thrush, "Zoothera (dauma) horsfieldi"
*Fawn-breasted Thrush , "Zoothera machiki"
*Olive-tailed Thrush , "Zoothera lunulata"
*Russet-tailed Thrush , "Zoothera heinei"
** Choiseul Russet-tailed Thrush, "Zoothera heinei choiseuli" - probablyextinct (mid-20th century?)
*New Britain Thrush , "Zoothera talaseae"
*San Cristobal Thrush , "Zoothera margaretae"
*Long-billed Thrush , "Zoothera monticola"
*Dark-sided Thrush , "Zoothera marginata"
*Bonin Thrush , "Zoothera terrestris" -extinct (c.1830s)Traditional "Zoothera" species belonging elsewhere in family
Many of these species are known as
African ground thrush es.
*Varied Thrush , "Ixoreus naevius" - related to other new world genera.*
Aztec Thrush , "Ridgwayia pinicola" - related to "Hylocichla ".*
Siberian Thrush , "Zoothera" sibirica"
*Abyssinian Ground-thrush , "Zoothera" piaggiae"
*Kivu Ground-thrush , "Zoothera" tanganjicae"
*Crossley's Ground-thrush , "Zoothera" crossleyi"
*Orange Ground-thrush , "Zoothera" gurneyi"
*Black-eared Ground-thrush , "Zoothera" cameronensis"
** Kibale Black-eared Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" cameronensis kibalensis" - possiblyextinct (late 20th century?)
*Grey Ground-thrush , "Zoothera" princei"
*Spotted Ground-thrush , "Zoothera" guttata" - formerly "Z. fischeri"
*Oberlaender's Ground-thrush , "Zoothera" oberlaenderi"
*Buru Thrush , "Zoothera" dumasi"
*Seram Thrush , "Zoothera" (dumasi) joiceyi"
*Chestnut-capped Thrush , "Zoothera" interpres"
*Enggano Thrush , "Zoothera" (interpres) leucolaema"
*Red-backed Thrush , "Zoothera" erythronota"
*Red-and-black Thrush , "Zoothera" (erythronota) mendeni"
*Chestnut-backed Thrush , "Zoothera" dohertyi"References
External links
* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/familia.phtml?idFamilia=137 Asian thrush videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
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