Asian thrush

Taxobox
name = Asian Thrushes


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Z. dauma"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Turdidae
genus = "Zoothera"
genus_authority = Vigors, 1832
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = Some 35, see textThe Asian thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus "Zoothera" of the thrush family Turdidae.

Two New World species traditionally regarded as Zoothera; (Varied Thrush and Aztec Thrush) actually belong elsewhere in the thrush family. A group containing Siberian Thrush and the African species is not closely related to the other "Zoothera" and no doubt will be generically reassigned at some point. [Jønsson, K.A., and J. Fjeldsa. 2006. A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves:Passeri). Zoologica Scripta 35: 149-186.]

pecies in taxonomic order

* Slaty-backed Thrush, "Zoothera schistacea"
* Pied Thrush, "Zoothera wardii"
* Ashy Thrush, "Zoothera cinerea"
* Orange-banded Thrush, "Zoothera peronii"
* Orange-headed Thrush, "Zoothera citrina"
* Everett's Thrush, "Zoothera everetti"
* Spot-winged Thrush, "Zoothera spiloptera"
* Sunda Thrush, "Zoothera andromedae"
* Plain-backed Thrush, "Zoothera mollissima"
* Long-tailed Thrush, "Zoothera dixoni"
* White's Thrush, "Zoothera dauma"
** Scaly Thrush, "Zoothera (dauma) imbricata"
** Amami Thrush, "Zoothera (dauma) major"
** Horsfield's Thrush, "Zoothera (dauma) horsfieldi"
* Fawn-breasted Thrush, "Zoothera machiki"
* Olive-tailed Thrush, "Zoothera lunulata"
* Russet-tailed Thrush, "Zoothera heinei"
** Choiseul Russet-tailed Thrush, "Zoothera heinei choiseuli" - probably extinct (mid-20th century?)
* New Britain Thrush, "Zoothera talaseae"
* San Cristobal Thrush, "Zoothera margaretae"
* Long-billed Thrush, "Zoothera monticola"
* Dark-sided Thrush, "Zoothera marginata"
* Bonin Thrush, "Zoothera terrestris" - extinct (c.1830s)

Traditional "Zoothera" species belonging elsewhere in family

Many of these species are known as African ground thrushes.
* Varied Thrush, "Ixoreus naevius" - related to other new world genera.

* Aztec Thrush, "Ridgwayia pinicola" - related to "Hylocichla".

* Siberian Thrush, "Zoothera" sibirica"
* Abyssinian Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" piaggiae"
* Kivu Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" tanganjicae"
* Crossley's Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" crossleyi"
* Orange Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" gurneyi"
* Black-eared Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" cameronensis"
** Kibale Black-eared Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" cameronensis kibalensis" - possibly extinct (late 20th century?)
* Grey Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" princei"
* Spotted Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" guttata" - formerly "Z. fischeri"
* Oberlaender's Ground-thrush, "Zoothera" oberlaenderi"
* Buru Thrush, "Zoothera" dumasi"
* Seram Thrush, "Zoothera" (dumasi) joiceyi"
* Chestnut-capped Thrush, "Zoothera" interpres"
* Enggano Thrush, "Zoothera" (interpres) leucolaema"
* Red-backed Thrush, "Zoothera" erythronota"
* Red-and-black Thrush, "Zoothera" (erythronota) mendeni"
* Chestnut-backed Thrush, "Zoothera" dohertyi"

References

External links

* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/familia.phtml?idFamilia=137 Asian thrush videos] on the Internet Bird Collection