Painted Quail-thrush
Cinclosoma ajax(Temminck, CJ, 1836)
English (US) Painted Quail-thrush
The Painted Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma ajax) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cinclosomatidae (Jewel-babblers and Quail-thrushes) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Cinclosoma ajax
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Painted Quail-thrush
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1836)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Cinclosoma ajax ajax
- Cinclosoma ajax alare
- Cinclosoma ajax goldiei
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Eupetes ajax
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1836)
- Type locality
- Lobo [lat. 3° 45' S., long. 134° 05' E.], New Guinea.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.97, vol.2 pl.573
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Jewel-babblers and Quail-thrushes
Spotted Jewel-babbler
Ptilorrhoa leucosticta
Blue Jewel-babbler
Ptilorrhoa caerulescens
Brown-headed Jewel-babbler
Ptilorrhoa geislerorum
Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler
Ptilorrhoa castanonota
Spotted Quail-thrush
Cinclosoma punctatum
Chestnut Quail-thrush
Cinclosoma castanotum
Copperback Quail-thrush
Cinclosoma clarum
Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush
Cinclosoma castaneothorax
Western Quail-thrush
Cinclosoma marginatum
Cinnamon Quail-thrush
Cinclosoma cinnamomeum
Nullarbor Quail-thrush
Cinclosoma alisteri
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