Chestnut-capped Thrush
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The Chestnut-capped Thrush (Zoothera interpres) lives in Southeast Asia. It is a songbird species in the family Turdidae.
It has a black back and a white belly with black spots on it. As its name suggests, it has a chestnut cap on its black head. It also has small white marks on its cheeks. It can be distinguished from the Chestnut-backed Thrush (Z. dohertyi) by the fact that the latter species has more white on its body.
The Chestnut-capped Thrush is very rare in zoos. Chester Zoo had the only female outside of Asia registered with ISIS, until she died earlier this year[when?]. Now there are only around 25 birds kept in Hong Kong.
It was formerly classified as a Species of Least Concern by the IUCN[1]. But new research has shown it to be rarer than it was believed. Consequently, it is uplisted to Near Threatened status in 2008[2].
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- BirdLife International (BLI) (2006). Zoothera interpres. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 23 May 2008.
- BirdLife International (BLI) (2008): [2008 IUCN Redlist status changes]. Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.
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