Long-tailed thrush

Long-tailed thrush
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Zoothera
Species: Z. dixoni
Binomial name
Zoothera dixoni
(Seebohm, 1881)

The long-tailed thrush (Zoothera dixoni) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

The scientific name, Zoothera dixoni is named after Charles Dixon.

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