| Sri Lanka Thrush | |
|---|---|
| Sri Lanka Thrush (left) | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Zoothera |
| Species: | Z. imbricata |
| Binomial name | |
| Zoothera imbricata E. L. Layard, 1854 |
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The Sri Lanka Thrush or Sri Lanka Scaly Thrush (Zoothera imbricata) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. This bird is a non-migratory resident breeder found in south western wetlands of the island of Sri Lanka.
Zoothera imbricata is usually treated as a race of Z. dauma or the White's Thrush. It belongs in a group, possibly a superspecies, formed by that species and Z. lunulata, Z. heinei, Z. machiki, Z. talaseae, Z. margaretae etc.,[1] Z. imbricata being smaller, longer billed and rufous below.