| Black-backed Thrush | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Zoothera |
| Species: | Z. talaseae |
| Binomial name | |
| Zoothera talaseae (Rothschild & Hartert, 1926) |
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The Black-backed Thrush or New Britain Thrush (Zoothera talaseae) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea where it occurs on the islands of New Britain, Umboi and Bougainville. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.