Scientific name Zoothera Higher classification Thrush Order Passerine | Family Turdidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus | |
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Similar Bird, Thrush, Orange‑headed thrush, Red‑backed thrush, Scaly 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".
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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
Traditional Zoothera species belonging elsewhere in family
References
Asian thrush Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA