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The Asian thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Zoothera of the thrush family Turdidae.
Two New World species traditionally regarded as Zoothera; (Varied Thrush and Aztec Thrush) actually belong elsewhere in the thrush family. A group containing Siberian Thrush and the African species is not closely related to the other Zoothera and no doubt will be generically reassigned at some point.[1]
Species in taxonomic order
- 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 - probably extinct (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 thrushes.
- Varied Thrush, Ixoreus naevius - related to other new world genera.
- 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 - possibly extinct (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
- ^ Jønsson, K.A., and J. Fjeldsa. 2006. A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves:Passeri). Zoologica Scripta 35: 149-186.
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