Red-and-black Thrush

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Red-and-black Thrush
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Geokichla
Species: G. mendeni
Binomial name
Geokichla mendeni
(Neumann, 1939)
Synonyms

Zoothera erythonota mendeni
Zoothera mendeni

The Red-and-black Thrush (Geokichla mendeni), also known as the Peleng Thrush, is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is endemic to forests on the Indonesian islands of Taliabu and Peleng, where threatened by habitat loss. Traditionally, it has been considered a subspecies of the Red-backed Thrush.

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