Plain-backed thrush
| Plain-backed thrush | |
|---|---|
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| Alpine thrush from Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Zoothera |
| Species: | Z. mollissima |
| Binomial name | |
| Zoothera mollissima (Blyth, 1842) | |
The plain-backed thrush (Zoothera mollissima) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It ranges across the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, primarily the Himalayas, stretching into adjoining parts of Southeast Asia. This name is used when the taxon includes the population that is now separated as a full species called the Himalayan forest thrush (Zoothera salimalii). The species in its narrower sense is now referred to as the alpine thrush.[2]
It is found in Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
Alpine thrush at Namdapha National Park
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Zoothera mollissima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Alström, Per; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Zhao, Chao; Xu, Jingzi; Dalvi, Shashank; Cai, Tianlong; Guan, Yuyan; Zhang, Ruiying; Kalyakin, Mikhail V.; Lei, Fumin; Olsson, Urban (2016). "Integrative taxonomy of the Plain-backed Thrush (Zoothera mollissima) complex (Aves, Turdidae) reveals cryptic species, including a new species". Avian Research 7 (1): 1–39. doi:10.1186/s40657-016-0037-2. ISSN 2053-7166.
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