| Chestnut-backed Thrush | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Zoothera |
| Species: | Z. dohertyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Zoothera dohertyi Hartert, 1896 |
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The Chestnut-backed thrush (Zoothera dohertyi) is a ground thrush species endemic to Lombok, Timor and the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia. The species is rapidly declining and it is already extinct on Lombok and possibly on Lesser Sunda. There are only 10 European zoos which hold this species, including: - Birdworld, Bristol Zoo, Chester Zoo, Jersey Zoo, Burgers' Zoo and Waddesdon Manor bird gardens. Eight of these zoos successfully breed them and there are now 63 of them in captivity. Private Members of the Foreign Bird League in the UK are participating in the breeding scheme for this species and are being particularly successful. More information on the Foreign Bird League can be found at www.foreignbirdleague.com
A European species, the Fieldfare, was once also known by this name [1].
The binomial name of this bird commemorates the American entomologist William Doherty.