Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Muscicapoidea
Familia: Turdidae
Genus: Zoothera
Species: Z. andromedae – Z. aurea – Z. dauma – Z. dixoni – Z. everetti – Z. heinei – Z. heinrichi – Z. imbricata – Z. lunulata – Z. machiki – Z. major – Z. margaretae – Z. marginata – Z. mollissima – Z. monticola – Z. neilgherriensis – Z. salimalii – Z. talaseae – Z. turipavae
Species extintae: †Z. terrestris
Name
Zoothera Vigors, 1832
Typus
Zoothera monticola Vigors, 1832
References
Primary references
N.A. Vigors, 1832. Century of Birds from the Himalayan Mountains. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London, 1 (14): 172.
References
Voelker, G. & Klicka, J. 2008. Systematics of Zoothera thrushes and a synthesis of true thrush molecular relationships. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 377–381. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.06.014 Full article (PDF)Reference page.
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Erddrosseln
English: Asian thrushes
suomi: Kirjorastaat
Bahasa Indonesia: Murai Asia
lietuvių: Azijiniai strazdai
русский: Земляные дрозды
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".[1]
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[2]
Long-tailed thrush (Zoothera dixoni)
Alpine thrush (Zoothera mollissima)
Himalayan thrush (Zoothera salimalii)
Sichuan thrush (Zoothera griseiceps)
Long-billed thrush (Zoothera monticola)
Geomalia (Zoothera heinrichi)
Dark-sided thrush (Zoothera marginata)
Everett's thrush (Zoothera everetti)
Sunda thrush (Zoothera andromedae)
White's thrush (Zoothera aurea)
Scaly thrush (Zoothera dauma)
Nilgiri thrush (Zoothera neilgherriensis)
Sri Lanka thrush (Zoothera imbricata)
Amami thrush (Zoothera major)
†Bonin thrush (Zoothera terrestris) - extinct (c. 1830s)
Guadalcanal thrush (Zoothera turipavae)
Makira thrush (Zoothera margaretae)
Russet-tailed thrush (Zoothera heinei)
Fawn-breasted thrush (Zoothera machiki)
Bassian thrush (Zoothera lunulata)
Black-backed thrush (Zoothera talaseae)
Traditional Zoothera species belonging elsewhere in family
Varied thrush (Ixoreus naevius) - related to other new world genera
Aztec thrush (Ridgwayia pinicola) - related to Hylocichla
Geokichla thrushes
Siberian thrush, Geokichla sibirica
Pied thrush, Geokichla wardii
Grey ground thrush, Geokichla princei
Black-eared ground thrush, Geokichla cameronensis
Spotted ground thrush, Geokichla guttata - formerly G. fischeri
Spot-winged thrush, Geokichla spiloptera
Crossley's ground thrush, Geokichla crossleyi
Abyssinian ground thrush, Geokichla piaggiae
Kivu ground thrush, Geokichla piaggiae tanganjicae
Oberländer's ground thrush, Geokichla oberlaenderi
Orange ground thrush, Geokichla gurneyi
Orange-headed thrush, Geokichla citrina
Buru thrush, Geokichla dumasi
Seram thrush, Geokichla joiceyi
Orange-sided thrush, Geokichla peronii
Slaty-backed thrush, Geokichla schistacea
Chestnut-capped thrush, Geokichla interpres
Enggano thrush, Geokichla leucolaema
Chestnut-backed thrush, Geokichla dohertyi
Ashy thrush, Geokichla cinerea
Red-backed thrush, Geokichla erythronota
Red-and-black thrush, Geokichla mendeni
References
Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 414. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
Gill F. and Donsker D. (eds), Thrushes in «IOC World Bird Names (ver 10.1)», International Ornithologists’ Union, 2020.
Further reading
Klicka, J., G. Voelker, and G.M. Spellman. 2005.A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the ‘‘true thrushes’’ (Aves: Turdinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34: 486–500.
Sangster, G., J.M. Collinson, P.-A. Crochet, A.G. Knox, D.T. Parkin, L. Svensson, and S.C. Votier. 2011. Taxonomic recommendations for British birds: seventh report. Ibis 153: 883–892.
Voelker, G., and J. Klicka. 2008. Systematics of Zoothera thrushes, and a synthesis of true thrush molecular systematic relationships. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 377–381.
Voelke, G., and R.K. Outlaw. 2008. Establishing a perimeter position: speciation around the Indian Ocean Basin. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 1779–1788.
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