Quail-thrush
| Cinclosoma | |
|---|---|
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| Chestnut quail-thrush | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cinclosomatidae |
| Genus: | Cinclosoma Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 |
A quail-thrush is a bird of the genus Cinclosoma, which contains seven species. Quail-thrushes are in a different family from either quails or thrushes, but bear some superficial resemblance to them. The genus is found in Australia and New Guinea in a variety of habitats ranging from rainforest to deserts. The genus is closely related to the jewel-babblers of New Guinea. Seven species were recognised in 2007.[1] A molecular study published in 2015 by Gaynor Dolman and Leo Joseph resulted in the splitting of the chestnut-backed quail-thrush into the chestnut quail-thrush of eastern Australia and the copperback quail-thrush in the west.[2]
Species
- Genus Cinclosoma
- Painted quail-thrush, Cinclosoma ajax
- Spotted quail-thrush, Cinclosoma punctatum
- Copperback quail-thrush, Cinclosoma clarum
- Chestnut quail-thrush, Cinclosoma castanotum
- Chestnut-breasted quail-thrush, Cinclosoma castaneothorax
- Western quail-thrush, Cinclosoma marginatum
- Nullarbor quail-thrush, Cinclosoma alisteri
- Cinnamon quail-thrush, Cinclosoma cinnamomeum
References
- ↑ Toon, Alicia; Austin, Jeremy J.; Dolman, Gaynor; Pedler, Lynn; Joseph, Leo (2012). "Evolution of arid zone birds in Australia: Leapfrog distribution patterns and mesic-arid connections in quail-thrush (Cinclosoma, Cinclosomatidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62 (1): 286–95. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.026. PMID 22040766.
- ↑ Dolman, Gaynor; Joseph, Leo (2015). "Evolutionary history of birds across southern Australia: structure, history and taxonomic implications of mitochondrial DNA diversity in an ecologically diverse suite of species". Emu 115 (1): 35–48. doi:10.1071/MU14047.
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2
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