Everett's thrush
Everett's thrush | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Turdidae |
Genus: | Zoothera |
Species: | Z. everetti
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Binomial name | |
Zoothera everetti (Sharpe, 1892)
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Everett's thrush (Zoothera everetti) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. The name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.
Distribution and habitat[]
The thrush is endemic to the island of Borneo where it has been recorded only from the mountains of Sabah and northern Sarawak in eastern Malaysia.[2] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Zoothera everetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Zoothera
- Birds of East Malaysia
- Endemic birds of Borneo
- Birds described in 1892
- Turdidae stubs