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Also known as the Asian thrush genus

genus of birds

OverviewAI-generated

Zoothera is a genus of birds within the family Turdidae. It belongs to the class Aves, order Passeriformes, and phylum Chordata. The taxon was described by Vigors in 1832 and holds an accepted status in biological classification.

Specimens of this genus have been recorded in the United States, China, Canada, the Philippines, and Uganda. Collections are held by institutions including CUMV, CAS, USNM, FMNH, and CLO. While one database lists 122,380 occurrences, another records 97 specific entries with two associated media files. The genus is referenced by 438 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, iDigBio, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyTurdidae
Observations recorded122,380

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
97
With media
2
Family
Turdidae
Collections
CUMV, CAS, USNM, FMNH, CLO, ANWC
Recorded in
United States, China, Canada, Philippines, Uganda, Japan, India

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Turdidae
Image
Long-billed Thrush - Chopta, Uttarakhand, India.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Zoothera
Commons category
Zoothera
topic's main category
Category:Zoothera
Commons gallery
Zoothera
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Encyclopedic overview

The Asian thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Zoothera of the thrush family, Turdidae.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zoothera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.