Grey shrikethrush
| Grey shrike-thrush | |
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| Colluricincla harmonica harmonica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pachycephalidae |
| Genus: | Colluricincla |
| Species: | C. harmonica |
| Binomial name | |
| Colluricincla harmonica (Latham, 1801) | |
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The grey shrikethrush or grey shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica), formerly commonly known as grey thrush, is one of the best-loved and most distinctive songbirds of Australasia. It is moderately common to common in most parts of Australia, but absent from the driest of the inland deserts. It is also found in New Guinea.
Taxonomy and systematics
The grey shrikethrush was originally described in the genus Turdus. Alternate names include the brown shrike-thrush, buff-bellied shrike-thrush, grey shrike-flycatcher, northern shrike-thrush and south-western shrike-thrush.
Subspecies
Five subspecies are recognized:[2]
- C. h. brunnea - Gould, 1841: Originally described as a separate species. Found in northern Australia and Melville Island
- C. h. superciliosa - Masters, 1876: Originally described as a separate species. Found in eastern New Guinea, islands in the Torres Strait and north-eastern Australia
- C. h. harmonica - (Latham, 1801): Found in eastern Australia
- C. h. strigata - Swainson, 1838: Originally described as a separate species. Found in Tasmania and the islands in the Bass Strait (Australia)
- Western shrikethrush (C. h. rufiventris) - Gould, 1841: Originally described as a separate species. Found in western, southern and central Australia
Description
Of medium size (about 24 cm or 9.4 in long) and lacking bright colours, the grey shrikethrush—usually just thrush in casual conversation—has an extraordinary gift for ringing melody, unmatched by any other Australasian species save perhaps the two lyrebirds and its northern relative, the sandstone shrikethrush.
Status
The grey shrikethrush is evaluated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Gallery
In Victoria
In Tasmania- In Queensland
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Juvenile
Dorrigo, NSW, Australia
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Colluricincla harmonica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.3". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.3.
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