The Chinese thrush (''Turdus mupinensis'') is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
in the family
Turdidae
The thrushes are a passerine bird family, Turdidae, with a worldwide distribution. The family was once much larger before biologists reclassified the former subfamily Saxicolinae, which includes the chats and European robins, as Old World fl ...
. It is found in
China and far northern
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
. Its natural
habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
s are temperate
forest
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s 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 crucial ...
s.
A recent molecular study places the Chinese thrush's closest relatives as the similarly plumaged European species, the
song thrush (''T. philomelos'') and the
mistle thrush (''T. viscivorus''), all three species early offshoots from the main ''Turdus'' radiation around the world.
References
External links
BirdLife Especies, ficha técnica.(en inglés)
Chinese thrush
Chinese thrush
Birds of China
Chinese thrush
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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