Slaty-backed Thrush
Geokichla schistaceaMeyer, AB, 1884
English (US) Slaty-backed Thrush
The Slaty-backed Thrush (Geokichla schistacea) 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 Turdidae (Thrushes and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: eastern Lesser Sundas (Yamdena and Larat)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Geokichla schistacea
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Slaty-backed Thrush
- Described by
- Meyer, AB, 1884
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Geocichla schistacea
- Described by
- Meyer, AB, 1884
- Type locality
- Tanimbar.
- Original description
- Zeitschrift für die gesammte Ornithologie 1 p.211 pl.8
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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