Long-tailed Thrush (Zoothera dixoni)

Other Names (World)
Long-tailed Thrush, Long-tailed Mountain Thrush

Family
Turdidae (Thrushes)

Size
25.50 - 27 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Seebohm, 1881)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, temperate forest. From 2,100 - 4,250 m.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Myanmar, Nepal (B), Thailand, Vietnam.

Vagrant to Laos.

Central and eastern Himalayas and south-eastern Xizang, north-eastern Myanmar and southern China (Sichuan, southern and western Yunnan); non-breeding also Thailand, northern Indochina.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

Long-tailed Thrush (Zoothera dixoni) [XC64087]
by Ding Li Yong from Chele La, Bhutan (?)

Long-tailed Thrush (Zoothera dixoni) [XC681633]
by ely what from Tang Jia He Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a group, possibly a superspecies, with Sri Lanka Thrush (Zoothera imbricata), Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata), Russet-tailed Thrush (Zoothera heinei), Fawn-breasted Thrush (Zoothera machiki), New Britain Thrush (Zoothera talaseae), Makira Thrush (Zoothera margaretae), Guadalcanal Thicketbird (Megalurulus turipavae), Long-billed Thrush (Zoothera monticola) and Dark-sided Thrush (Zoothera marginata), perhaps including also Alpine Thrush (Zoothera mollissima) and Scaly Thrush (Zoothera dauma).

References
See References.

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