Red-backed thrush

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Red-backed thrush
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Geokichla
Species:
G. erythronota
Binomial name
Geokichla erythronota
PL Sclater, 1859
Synonyms

Zoothera erythronota

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 and the nearby islands of Buton and Kabaena in Indonesia. It is becoming rare due to habitat destruction.

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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 [2] and some researchers believe there is an unnamed race of G. erythronota on the island of Buton, the status of which needs to be evaluated. [3]

Description

The red-backed thrush is about 20 cm (8 in) long and the sexes are largely similar in appearance. [4]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Geokichla erythronota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22733682A132034435. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22733682A132034435.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Robinson-Dean, J. C.; et al. "A new subspecies of Red-backed Thrush Zoothera erythronota kabaena subsp. nov.(Muscicapidae: Turdidae) from Kabaena island, Indonesia". Forktail. 2002: 1–10.
  3. Clement, Peter; Hathway, Ren (2010). Thrushes. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 33. ISBN   978-1-4081-3542-6.
  4. Clement, Peter; Hathway, Ren (2010). Thrushes. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 223–224. ISBN   978-1-4081-3542-6.