Editing Asian thrush

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| name = Asian thrushes
| image = Toratsugumi 05z5249a.jpg
| image_caption = [[White's thrush]] (''Zoothera aurea'')
| taxon = Zoothera
| authority = [[Nicholas Aylward Vigors|Vigors]], 1832
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 21, see text
}}

The '''Asian thrushes''' are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous [[bird]]s in the genus '''''Zoothera''''' of the [[thrush (bird)|thrush]] family, [[Turdidae]].

==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]]''.

==Species==
The genus contains the following 22 species:<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela C. Rasmussen | date=February 2025 | title=Thrushes | work=IOC World Bird List Version 15.1 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/thrushes/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=23 March 2025 }}</ref>
*[[Long-tailed thrush]] (''Zoothera dixoni'')
*[[Alpine thrush]] (''Zoothera mollissima'')
*[[Himalayan thrush]] (''Zoothera salimalii'')
*[[Sichuan thrush]] (''Zoothera griseiceps'')
*[[Long-billed thrush]] (''Zoothera monticola'')
*[[Geomalia]] (''Zoothera heinrichi'')
*[[Dark-sided thrush]] (''Zoothera marginata'')
*[[Everett's thrush]] (''Zoothera everetti'')
*[[Sunda thrush]] (''Zoothera andromedae'')
*[[White's thrush]] (''Zoothera aurea'')
*[[Scaly thrush]] (''Zoothera dauma'')
*[[Nilgiri thrush]] (''Zoothera neilgherriensis'')
*[[Sri Lanka thrush]] (''Zoothera imbricata'')
*[[Amami thrush]] (''Zoothera major'')
*†[[Bonin thrush]] (''Zoothera terrestris'') - [[extinct]] (c. 1830s)
*[[Guadalcanal thrush]] (''Zoothera turipavae'')
*[[Makira thrush]] (''Zoothera margaretae'')
*[[Russet-tailed thrush]] (''Zoothera heinei'')
*[[Fawn-breasted thrush]] (''Zoothera machiki'')
*[[Bassian thrush]] (''Zoothera lunulata'')
*[[Bougainville thrush]] (''Zoothera atrigena'') (split from ''Zoothera talaseae'')
*[[New Britain thrush]] (''Zoothera talaseae'')

==Traditional ''Zoothera'' species belonging elsewhere in family==
*[[Varied thrush]] (''Ixoreus naevius'') - related to other new world genera
*[[Aztec thrush]] (''Ridgwayia pinicola'') - related to ''[[Hylocichla]]''
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'''''[[Geokichla]]'' thrushes''' 
* [[Siberian thrush]], ''Geokichla sibirica''
*[[Pied thrush]], ''Geokichla wardii''
*[[Grey ground thrush]], ''Geokichla princei''
*[[Black-eared ground thrush]], ''Geokichla camaronensis''
* [[Spotted ground thrush]], ''Geokichla guttata'' - formerly ''G. fischeri''<!-- Scopus25:1 -->
*[[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''
* [[Seram thrush]], ''Geokichla joiceyi''
*[[Orange-sided thrush]], ''Geokichla peronii''
*[[Slaty-backed thrush]], ''Geokichla schistacea''
* [[Chestnut-capped thrush]], ''Geokichla interpres''
* [[Enggano thrush]], ''Geokichla leucolaema''
*[[Chestnut-backed thrush]], ''Geokichla dohertyi''
* [[Ashy thrush]], ''Geokichla cinerea''
*[[Red-backed thrush]], ''Geokichla erythronota''
* [[Red-and-black thrush]], ''Geokichla mendeni''{{div col end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*Klicka, J., G. Voelker, and G.M. Spellman. 2005.A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the ‘‘true thrushes’’ (Aves: Turdinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34: 486–500.
*Sangster, G., J.M. Collinson, P.-A. Crochet, A.G. Knox, D.T. Parkin, L. Svensson, and S.C. Votier. 2011. Taxonomic recommendations for British birds: seventh report. Ibis 153: 883–892.
*Voelker, G., and J. Klicka. 2008. Systematics of Zoothera thrushes, and a synthesis of true thrush molecular systematic relationships. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 377–381.
*Voelke, G., and R.K. Outlaw. 2008. Establishing a perimeter position: speciation around the Indian Ocean Basin. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 1779–1788.

==External links==
{{Commons}}
*[http://ibc.lynxeds.com/family/thrushes-turdidae Asian thrush videos] on the Internet Bird Collection

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[[Category:Birds of Asia]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Nicholas Aylward Vigors]]