- Chinese Thrush
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Chinese Thrush Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae Genus: Turdus Species: T. mupinensis Binomial name Turdus mupinensis
Laubmann, 1920The Chinese Thrush (Turdus mupinensis) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in China and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
A recent molecular study places the Chinese Thrush's closest relatives as the similarly plumaged European species, the Song Thrush (T. philomelos) and the Mistle Thrush (T. viscivorus), all three species early offshoots from the main Turdus radiation around the world.[1]
References
- ^ Voelker G, Rohwer S, Bowie RCK, Outlaw DC (2007). "Molecular systematics of a speciose,cosmopolitan songbird genus: Defining the limits of,and relationships among,the Turdus thrushes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42 (2): 422–34. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.07.016. PMID 16971142.
- BirdLife International 2004. Turdus mupinensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
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