Russet-tailed Thrush
Zoothera heinei(Cabanis, JL, 1851)
English (US) Russet-tailed Thrush
The Russet-tailed Thrush (Zoothera heinei) 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.
- Scientific name
- Zoothera heinei
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Russet-tailed Thrush
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1851)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Zoothera heinei papuensis
- Zoothera heinei eichhorni
- Zoothera heinei choiseuli
- Zoothera heinei heinei
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Oreocincla Heinei
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1851)
- Type locality
- Japan [errore = north Australia, Queesland, idem, 1872, Journ. f . Orn., 20, p. 237] .
- Original description
- Museum Heineanum. Verzeichniss der orithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine 1 p.6
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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