The alpine thrush (''Zoothera mollissima'') is a species of

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in the

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family.

Taxonomy and systematics

The alpine thrush was formerly known as the plain-backed thrush, until the latter was split into the Alpine thrush,

Sichuan thrush The Sichuan thrush or Sichuan forest thrush (''Zoothera griseiceps'') is a species of bird in the thrush family. It breeds in central China and winters in northern Vietnam. The Sichuan thrush was formerly considered as conspecific with the Alpin ...

and the newly discovered

Himalayan thrush The Himalayan thrush or Himalayan forest thrush (''Zoothera salimalii'') is a species of bird described in 2016 and separated out from the alpine thrush ''Zoothera mollissima'' with which they were formerly lumped. The species is separated on the ...

Distribution and habitat

It is found from the north-western

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to southern China. Its natural

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s are subtropical or tropical high-altitude

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and subtropical or tropical high-altitude

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Gallery

File:Plain-backed thrush, Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh, India.jpg, Himalayan thrush from

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, India File:Zoothera_mollissima.jpg, Alpine thrush at

Namdapha National Park Namdapha National Park is a large protected area in Arunachal Pradesh of Northeast India. The park was established in 1983. With more than 1,000 floral and about 1,400 faunal species, it is a biodiversity hotspot in the Eastern Himalayas. The ...

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Details of alpine thrush

alpine thrush The alpine thrush (''Zoothera mollissima'') is a species of bird in the thrush family. Taxonomy and systematics The alpine thrush was formerly known as the plain-backed thrush, until the latter was split into the Alpine thrush, Sichuan thrush ...

Birds of the Himalayas Birds of Tibet Birds of Central China

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