Asian thrush

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Asian Thrushes
Z. naevia
Z. naevia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Zoothera
Vigors, 1832
Species

Some 35, see text

The Asian thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Zoothera of the thrush family Turdidae.

Apart from two in the New World (Varied Thrush, Aztec Thrush), all are Old World species; but despite their vernacular name, they are also found in Africa and White's Thrush strays into Europe:

  • Slaty-backed Thrush, Zoothera schistacea
  • Moluccan Thrush, Zoothera dumasi
  • Chestnut-capped Thrush, Zoothera interpres
  • Rusty-backed Thrush, Zoothera erythronota
  • Red-and-black Thrush, Zoothera mendeni
  • Chestnut-backed Thrush, Zoothera dohertyi
  • Pied Thrush, Zoothera wardii
  • Ashy Thrush, Zoothera cinerea
  • Orange-banded Thrush, Zoothera peronii
  • Orange-headed Thrush, Zoothera citrina
  • Everett's Thrush, Zoothera everetti
  • Siberian Thrush, Zoothera sibirica
  • Varied Thrush, Zoothera naevia
  • Aztec Thrush, Zoothera pinicola
  • 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?)
  • Gray Ground Thrush, Zoothera princei
  • Oberlaender's Ground Thrush, Zoothera oberlaenderi
  • Spotted Ground Thrush, Zoothera guttata
  • 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) imbicata
  • Amami Thrush, Zoothera major
  • Horsfield's Thrush, Zoothera 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)

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