Alpine Thrush
Zoothera mollissima(Blyth, E, 1842)
English (US) Alpine Thrush
The Alpine Thrush (Zoothera mollissima) 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 in the Himalayas from northern Pakistan to southeastern Tibet and south-central China (Sichuan); winters at lower elevations, southward to Yunnan (China)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zoothera mollissima
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Alpine Thrush
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1842)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- T[urdus] mollissimus
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1842)
- Type locality
- Darjeeling.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 11, pt.1, no.122 p.188
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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