Sri Lanka thrush | |
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Sri Lanka thrush (right) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Turdidae |
Genus: | Zoothera |
Species: | Z. imbricata |
Binomial name | |
Zoothera imbricata E. L. Layard, 1854 |
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Synonyms | |
Zoothera dauma imbricata |
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 a non-migratory resident breeder found in south western wetlands 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.,Z. imbricata being smaller, longer billed and rufous below.