Editing Asian thrush (section)

==Taxonomy==
The genus ''Zoothera'' was introduced in 1832 by the Irish zoologist [[Nicholas Aylward Vigors|Nicholas Vigors]] to accommodate a newly described species, ''Zoothera monticol'', the [[long-billed thrush]], which therefore becomes the [[type species]].<ref>{{ cite journal | last=Vigors | first=Nicholas Aylward | author-link=Nicholas Aylward Vigors | year=1832 | title=''Zoothera'' | journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London | page=172 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861582 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor1-last=Mayr | editor1-first=Ernst | editor1-link=Ernst Mayr | editor2-last=Paynter | editor2-first=Raymond A. Jr | year=1964 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=10 | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology  | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts  | page=144 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14486333 }}</ref> The genus name combines the [[Ancient Greek]] ''zōon'' meaning "animal" with ''-thēra'' meaning "hunter".<ref>{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=414 | url=https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n414/mode/1up }}</ref>

Two New World species traditionally regarded as ''Zoothera'' ([[varied thrush]] and [[Aztec thrush]]) actually belong elsewhere in the thrush family. A group containing [[Siberian thrush]] and the African species is not closely related to the other ''Zoothera'' and are now assigned to the genus ''[[Geokichla]]''.