Chestnut-backed Thrush

Chestnut-backed Thrush
Chestnut-backed Thrush
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Zoothera
Species: Z. dohertyi
Binomial name
Zoothera dohertyi
Hartert, 1896
Video of a Chestnut-backed Thrush (11s)

The Chestnut-backed thrush (Zoothera dohertyi) is a ground thrush species endemic to Lombok, Timor and the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia. The species is rapidly declining and it is already extinct on Lombok and possibly on Lesser Sunda. There are only 10 European zoos which hold this species, including: - Birdworld, Bristol Zoo, Chester Zoo, Jersey Zoo, Burgers' Zoo and Waddesdon Manor bird gardens. Eight of these zoos successfully breed them and there are now 63 of them in captivity. Private Members of the Foreign Bird League in the UK are participating in the breeding scheme for this species and are being particularly successful. More information on the Foreign Bird League can be found at www.foreignbirdleague.com

A European species, the Fieldfare, was once also known by this name [1].

The binomial name of this bird commemorates the American entomologist William Doherty.

References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Zoothera dohertyi. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 10 June 2006.