The Sri Lanka thrush or Sri Lanka scaly thrush (''Zoothera imbricata'') is a member of the
thrush
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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 links
In Internet Bird Collection
Birds described in 1854
Birds of Sri Lanka
Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka
Zoothera
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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