Asian thrush

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
  • Sri Lanka Scaly Thrush, Zoothera (dauma) imbricata
  • Amami Thrush, Zoothera (dauma) major
  • Horsfield's Thrush, Zoothera (dauma) horsfieldi
• Fawn-breasted Thrush, Zoothera machiki
• Bassian 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.

• 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 - possibly extinct (late 20th century?)
• Grey Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" princei
• Spotted Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" guttata - formerly Z. fischeri
• Oberländer'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

1. ^ Jønsson, K.A., and J. Fjeldsa. 2006. A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves:Passeri). Zoologica Scripta 35: 149-186.

External links

• Asian thrush videos on the Internet Bird Collection