Sri Lanka thrush
| Sri Lanka thrush | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Zoothera |
| Species: | Z. imbricata
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| Binomial name | |
| Zoothera imbricata E. L. Layard, 1854
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| Synonyms | |
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Zoothera dauma imbricata | |
The Sri Lanka thrush or Sri Lanka scaly thrush (Zoothera imbricata) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. This bird is an endemic resident breeder found in south western rainforests of the island of Sri Lanka.
Zoothera imbricata was formerly treated as a race of the scaly thrush. It belongs in a group, possibly a superspecies, formed by that species and Z. lunulata, Z. heinei, Z. machiki, Z. talaseae, Z. margaretae etc.,[2] Z. imbricata being smaller, longer billed and rufous below.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Zoothera imbricata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Scaly Thrush (Zoothera imbricata) | the Internet Bird Collection". ibc.lynxeds.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-06.
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