Grey shrikethrush

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Grey shrike-thrush
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Colluricincla harmonica harmonica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Colluricincla
Species:
C. harmonica
Binomial name
Colluricincla harmonica
(Latham, 1801)
Subspecies

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Synonyms
  • Turdus harmonicus

The grey shrikethrush or grey shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica), formerly commonly known as grey thrush, is a songbird of Australasia. It is moderately common to common in most parts of Australia, but absent from the driest of the inland deserts. It is also found in New Guinea.

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Taxonomy and systematics

The grey shrikethrush was originally described in the genus Turdus . Alternate names include the brown shrike-thrush, buff-bellied shrike-thrush, grey shrike-flycatcher, northern shrike-thrush and south-western shrike-thrush.

Subspecies

Five subspecies are recognized: [2]

Description

Of medium size (about 24 cm or 9.4 in long) and lacking bright colours, the grey shrikethrushusually just thrush in casual conversationhas an extraordinary gift for ringing melody, unmatched by any other Australasian species save perhaps the two lyrebirds and its northern relative, the sandstone shrikethrush.

Status

The grey shrikethrush is evaluated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Colluricincla harmonica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22705561A130407286. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22705561A130407286.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. "IOC World Bird List 6.3". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.3.