| Asian thrushes | |
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| White's thrush (Zoothera aurea) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Zoothera Vigors, 1832 |
| Species | |
21, see text | |
TheAsian thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorousbirds in the genusZoothera of thethrush family,Turdidae.
The genusZoothera was introduced in 1832 by the Irish zoologistNicholas Vigors to accommodate a newly described species,Zoothera monticol, thelong-billed thrush, which therefore becomes thetype species.[1][2] The genus name combines theAncient Greekzōon meaning "animal" with-thēra meaning "hunter".[3]
Two New World species traditionally regarded asZoothera (varied thrush andAztec thrush) actually belong elsewhere in the thrush family. A group containingSiberian thrush and the African species is not closely related to the otherZoothera and are now assigned to the genusGeokichla.
The genus contains the following 21 species:[4]
Geokichla thrushes
