White-backed Thrush
Turdus kessleri(Przevalski, NM, 1876)
English (US) White-backed Thrush
The White-backed Thrush (Turdus kessleri) 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: breeds Himalayas of western China (Gansu to Sichuan); winters to northern IndiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Turdus kessleri
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-backed Thrush
- Described by
- (Przevalski, NM, 1876)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Merula Kessleri
- Described by
- (Przevalski, NM, 1876)
- Type locality
- Kansu [reference not verified] .
- Original description
- Mongoliya i strana tangutov: trekhletneye puteshestviye v vostochnoy nagornoy Azii 2 p.62 pl.10
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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