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Asian Thrush
The Asian thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus ''Zoothera'' of the thrush family, Turdidae. The genus name ''Zoothera'' comes from the Ancient Greek ''zoon'', "animal" and ''theras'', "hunter". 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 are now assigned to the genus '' Geokichla''. Species in taxonomic order The following species are recognised in the genus ''Zoothera''Gill F. and Donsker D. (eds)Thrushesin «IOC World Bird Names (ver 10.1)», International Ornithologists’ Union, 2020. *Long-tailed thrush (''Zoothera dixoni'') *Alpine thrush (''Zoothera mollissima'') *Himalayan thrush (''Zoothera salimalii'') *Sichuan thrush (''Zoothera griseiceps'') *Long-billed thrush (''Zoothera monticola'') *Geomalia (''Zoothera heinrich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White's Thrush
White's thrush (''Zoothera aurea'') is a member of the thrush family, Turdidae. It was named after the English naturalist Gilbert White. The genus name ''Zoothera'' comes from the Ancient Greek ''zoon'', "animal" and ''theras'', "hunter". The specific ''aurea'' is from Latin ''aureus'', "golden". Distribution and habitat It breeds in wet coniferous taiga, mainly in the eastern Palearctic in Siberia to Manchuria, Korea and Japan. Northern races are strongly migratory, with most birds moving to southeastern Asia during the winter. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. Description The sexes are similar, 27–31 cm long, with black scaling on a paler white or yellowish background. The most striking identification feature in flight is the black band on the white underwings, a feature shared with Siberian thrush. The male has a song which is a loud, far-carrying mechanical whistle, with 5–10 second pauses between each one second long phrase ''twee...tuuu....tuuu....tuuu' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everett's Thrush
Everett's thrush (''Zoothera everetti'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. The name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett. Distribution and habitat The thrush is endemic to the island of Borneo where it has been recorded only from the mountains of Sabah and northern Sarawak in eastern Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... References Zoothera Birds of East Malaysia Endemic birds of Borneo Endemic birds of Malaysia Birds described in 1892 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Fauna of the Borneo montane rain forests {{Turdidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-backed Thrush
The black-backed thrush or New Britain thrush (''Zoothera talaseae'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea where it occurs on the islands of New Britain, Umboi and Bougainville. Its natural habitats are temperate, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucia ...s. Some authorities considered one of the two subspecies recognised, the Bougainville thrush (''Z. t. atrigena''), as a separate species as ''Zoothera atrigena''. References Birds described in 1926 Birds of Bougainville Island category:Birds of New Britain Endemic fauna of Papua New Guinea Bougainville thrush Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Turdidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassian Thrush
The Bassian thrush (''Zoothera lunulata''), also known as the olive-tailed thrush, is a medium-sized mostly insectivorous thrush found from northern Queensland to southeastern Australia; it also occurs in Tasmania, on some larger islands of Bass Strait, and on Kangaroo Island. The thrushes range from in length and average . It is estimated that the rangewide population is large, though no official count has ever been established. The Bassian thrush lives in shrubland, forests, and rainforests. It appears to be a resident species, but there is some evidence that some individuals have nomadic tendencies, usually in the non-breeding season. Though affected by human destruction of its natural habitats, its range is so large that the impact is negligible. The thrush ranges in color from brown to an olive color, with a white ring around its eyes and black bars on its back, rear, and head. Its underbody is paler, with dark scalloping, and its wings have a dark bar running the length ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fawn-breasted Thrush
The fawn-breasted thrush (''Zoothera machiki'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to the Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. References fawn-breasted thrush Birds of the Tanimbar Islands fawn-breasted thrush The fawn-breasted thrush (''Zoothera machiki'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to the Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat los ... Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Turdidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russet-tailed Thrush
The russet-tailed thrush (''Zoothera heinei'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, closely related to the more widespread Bassian thrush (''Zoothera lunulata''). It is found in eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. References russet-tailed thrush Birds of Queensland Birds of Papua New Guinea russet-tailed thrush The russet-tailed thrush (''Zoothera heinei'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, closely related to the more widespread Bassian thrush (''Zoothera lunulata''). It is found in eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habit ... Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Jean Cabanis {{Turdidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makira Thrush
The Makira thrush (''Zoothera margaretae''), also known as the San Cristobal thrush, is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. References Makira thrush Birds of Makira Makira thrush Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Turdidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guadalcanal Thrush
The Guadalcanal thrush (''Zoothera turipavae'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. References Guadalcanal thrush Birds of Guadalcanal Endemic fauna of the Solomon Islands Guadalcanal thrush The Guadalcanal thrush (''Zoothera turipavae'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. References Zoothera, Guadalcanal thr ... Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Endemic birds of the Solomon Islands {{Turdidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds ( taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point. Because a species' potential range may be very large, determining this moment is difficult, and is usually done retrospectively. This difficulty leads to phenomena such as Lazarus taxa, where a species presumed extinct abruptly "reappears" (typically in the fossil record) after a period of apparent absence. More than 99% of all species that ever lived on Earth, amounting to over five billion species, are estimated to have died out. It is estimated that there are currently around 8.7 million species of eukaryote globally, and possibly many times more if microorganisms, like bacteria, are included. Notable extinct animal species include non-avian dinosaurs, saber-toothed cats, dod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonin Thrush
The Bonin thrush (''Zoothera terrestris''), also known as Kittlitz's thrush or the Bonin Islands thrush, is an extinct species of Asian thrush. It is sometimes separated as the only species of the genus ''Cichlopasser''. The only place where this bird was found was Chichi-jima in the Ogasawara Islands; it might conceivably have inhabited Anijima and Otōtojima, but this has not been borne out by observations or specimens. The species was only once observed by a naturalist, its discoverer Heinrich von Kittlitz. He encountered the thrush in the coastal woods where it usually kept to the ground; it may have been ground-nesting. The only specimens ever taken are in the Naturalis in Leiden (1), the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna (1), the Senckenbergmuseum in Frankfurt (1) and in the Zoological Museum, St. Petersburg (2). Extinction The Bonin thrush is not among the birds observed or collected by the Beechey Pacific expedition which called at Chichi-jima in 1827. It was only fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amami Thrush
The Amami thrush (''Zoothera major'') is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. It is endemic to the islands of Amami Ōshima and Kakeroma island in the northern Nansei Islands of Japan. Description This large, heavily patterned thrush is similar in appearance to the scaly thrush, to which was considered a subspecies. It has warm olive-brown to buff upperparts and whitish underparts with heavy black scaling. It has twelve tail feathers. The scaly thrush is smaller and has fourteen tail feathers. It has a cheerful song similar to the Siberian thrush. The Amami thrush ranges in length from and weighs approximately . Among standard measurements, the wing chord is , the bill is and the tarsus is .Peter Clement (2001) ''Thrushes''. Princeton University Press. Behaviour and ecology Its breeding habitat is mature subtropical broadleaved evergreen forest around humid valleys. Its diet includes invertebrates and fruit. It breeds in May and June, laying 3-4 egg An egg i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka Thrush
The Sri Lanka thrush or Sri Lanka scaly thrush (''Zoothera imbricata'') is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. This bird is a non-migratory resident breeder found in south western rainforests of the island of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an .... ''Zoothera imbricata'' was formerly treated as a race of the scaly thrush. It belongs in a group, possibly a superspecies, formed by that species and ''Z. lunulata'', ''Z. heinei'', ''Z. machiki'', ''Z. talaseae'', ''Z. margaretae'' etc., ''Z. imbricata'' being smaller, longer billed and rufous below. References External linksIn Internet Bird Collection Birds described in 1854 Birds of Sri Lanka Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka Zoothera Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN [Baidu] |
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