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Geokichla
The ''Geokichla'' thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the thrush family, Turdidae. They were traditionally listed in the '' Zoothera'', but studies suggested their placement in another genus. The genus name ''Geokichla'' comes from Ancient Greek ''geo-'', "ground-" and ''kikhle'', " thrush". List of species * 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'' * Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pied Thrush
The pied thrush (''Geokichla wardii'') is a member of the thrush family found in India and Sri Lanka. The males are conspicuously patterned in black and white while the females are olive brown and speckled. They breed in the central Himalayan forests and winter in the hill forests of southern India and Sri Lanka. Like many other thrushes, they forage on leaf litter below forest undergrowth and fly into trees when disturbed and sit still making them difficult to locate. Description Males of this thrush are conspicuously black and white. Mostly black on the upper parts it has a long white supercilium, and white tips to the wing coverts, tertials, rump and tail. The underparts are white with black flank spots the bill and legs are yellow. Females and young birds have the same basic pattern, but the black is replaced by dark brown, and the white by light brown. The markings on the underside are scalier. The third primary is the longest followed by the fourth with the second an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange-headed Thrush
The orange-headed thrush (''Geokichla citrina'') is a bird in the thrush family. It is common in well-wooded areas of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Most populations are resident. The species shows a preference for shady damp areas, and like many ''Geokichla'' and '' Zoothera'' thrushes, can be quite secretive. The orange-headed thrush is omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects, earthworms and fruit. It nests in trees but does not form flocks. The male of this small thrush has uniform grey upperparts, and an orange head and underparts. The females and young birds have browner upper parts. Taxonomy This species was first described by John Latham in 1790 as ''Turdus citrinus'', the species name meaning " citrine" and referencing the colour of the head and underparts. It has about 12 subspecies. Rasmussen and Anderton (2005) suggest that this complex may consist of more than one species. *''G. c. citrina'', the nominate subspecies breeds from northern India east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abyssinian Ground Thrush
The Abyssinian ground thrush (''Geokichla piaggiae'') is a thrush from the family Turdidae which is native to north-east Africa where it lives at high altitude in montane forests. Description The Abyssinian ground thrush is an attractive but rather secretive species. The adults are a deep rufous orange on the head and face with a distinct white eye ring, the orange colour becomes les rufous on the breast and flanks and the upperparts are olive brown except for the orange-brown rump and tail. On the folded wing it shows two prominent white wingbars from the tips to the coverts. Immature birds tend to be paler and duller than the adults. They measure in length and weigh . Voice The contact call of the Abyssinian ground thrush is a high pitched "tseep", the song is a typical thrush like melodious series of whistled phrases rendered in Sinclair & Ryan as "chee-cheeleeroo-chruup". Distribution and subspecies There are six currently recognised subspecies of Abyssinian ground thrush ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siberian Thrush
The Siberian thrush (''Geokichla sibirica'') is a member of the thrush family, Turdidae. The genus name ''Geokichla'' comes from Ancient Greek ''geo-'', "ground-" and ''kikhle'', " thrush". The specific ''sibirica'' is Latin for Siberia. It breeds in taiga in Siberia. It is strongly migratory, with most birds moving to southeastern Asia during the winter. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. It is very secretive. The Siberian thrush is similar in size to the song thrush. It is omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects, earthworms and berries. The male Siberian thrush is a dark blue-grey above and below, with a white stripe above the eye. The lower belly and flanks are white. The female is a much browner bird, with a buff stripe above the eye. A striking identification feature of both sexes in flight is the black band on the white underwings, a feature shared with the scaly thrush The scaly thrush (''Zoothera dauma'') is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red-backed Thrush
The red-backed thrush or rusty-backed thrush (''Geokichla erythronota'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. Traditionally, it included the red-and-black thrush (''Z. mendeni'') as a subspecies. It is endemic to forests on Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ... and the nearby islands of Buton and Kabaena in Indonesia. It is becoming rare due to habitat destruction. Taxonomy ''Geokichla erythronota'' is very similar in morphology to the chestnut-backed thrush (''Geokichla dohertyi'') and some authorities believe they are conspecific. Others believe they are distinct. A subspecies (''G. e. kabaena'') has been named from Kabaena and some researchers believe there is an unnamed race of ''G. erythronota'' on the island of Buton, the status of wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashy Thrush
The ashy thrush (''Geokichla cinerea''), also known as the ashy ground-thrush, is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to the Philippines in Luzon and Mindoro. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss, and the illegal wildlife trade. Description EBird describes the bird as "A medium-sized bird of lowland and foothill forest. Forages on the ground. Ashy-gray above with black-and-white bars in the wing and the face. Underparts white, with black spots concentrated in the chest. Similar to White's thrush and Sunda thrush, but smaller, with spots rather than scales below and an obvious black vertical bar through the eye. Song is a simple medium-pitched whistled melody. Also gives harsh grating calls." These are ground birds and eat earthworms and other small insects. It has been recorded breeding in La Mesa Ecopark where that nest had three chicks Habitat and con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chestnut-backed Thrush
The chestnut-backed thrush (''Geokichla dohertyi'') is a ground thrush species endemic to Lombok, Timor and the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia. The species is rapidly declining and it is already extinct on Lombok and possibly on Lesser Sunda. There are a number of European institutions that hold this species, including: Berlin Zoological Garden, Birdworld Birdworld is the United Kingdom's largest bird park, covering . It is located in the East Hampshire district, close to the village of Bucks Horn Oak and the surrounding Alice Holt Forest. It is part of the parent company Haskins Garden Centre ..., Bristol Zoo, Royal Burgers' Zoo, Chester Zoo, Edinburgh Zoo, Durrell Wildlife Park, and Waddesdon Manor aviary. Six of these zoos have successfully bred them since October 2011 and there are now 91 of them in these institutions. Private Members of the Foreign Bird League in the UK are participating in the breeding scheme for this species and are being particularly succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chestnut-capped Thrush
The chestnut-capped thrush (''Geokichla interpres'') lives in forests and woodlands of Southeast Asia. It is a songbird species in the family Turdidae. Traditionally, it has included the Enggano thrush as a subspecies, but a recent review recommended treating them as separate. Consequently, the chestnut-capped thrush is monotypic. The chestnut-capped thrush has a black back and a white belly with black spots. As its common name suggests, it has a chestnut cap. Its face is black with a white mark on the cheeks and another on the lores. The superficially similar chestnut-backed thrush is substantially larger when seen alongside one another, and has a black crown and rufous back, whereas the Enggano thrush has an olive-ochre back and little or no white on the lores and auriculars. The chestnut-capped thrush is very rare in zoos. According to ISIS, Chester Zoo had the only female outside of Asia, until she died in 2007. However, small numbers have been held in private European avia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red-and-black Thrush
The red-and-black thrush (''Geokichla mendeni''), also known as the Peleng thrush, is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to forests on the Indonesian islands of Taliabu and Peleng, where threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... Traditionally, it has been considered a subspecies of the red-backed thrush. References Birds described in 1939 Endemic birds of Sulawesi Geokichla Taxa named by Oscar Neumann Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Turdidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enggano Thrush
The Enggano thrush (''Geokichla leucolaema'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to rainforests on Enggano Island off Sumatra in Indonesia. It has traditionally been considered a subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ... of the chestnut-capped thrush. It is threatened by habitat loss. References Enggano thrush Birds of Enggano Enggano thrush Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Turdidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slaty-backed Thrush
The slaty-backed thrush (''Geokichla schistacea'') is a passerine bird in the Asian 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". Two New ... genus. It is found in the Tanimbar Islands. References slaty-backed thrush Birds of the Tanimbar Islands slaty-backed thrush {{turdidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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