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Red-throated thrush
Red-throated thrush, Nepal
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Turdus
Species: T. ruficollis
Binomial name
Turdus ruficollis
Pallas, 1776

The red-throated thrush (Turdus ruficollis) is a passerine bird in the thrush family. It is sometimes regarded as one subspecies of a polytypic species, "dark-throated thrush", black-throated thrush then being the other subspecies. More recent treatments regard the two as separate species. The scientific name comes from Latin. Turdus is "thrush" and the specific ruficollis is derived from rufus, "red", and collum, "neck".

The red-throated thrush is a migratory Palearctic species. It breeds in East Siberia to North Manchuria wintering to West China, Myanmar, and Northeast India. Its range overlaps with the more westerly-breeding black-throated thrush. It is a large thrush with a plain grey back and reddish underwings. The adult male has a red throat. Females and young birds lack the bib, but have black-streaked underparts. This bird species is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Turdus ruficollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T103892167A132202551. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T103892167A132202551.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Clement, Peter; Hathway, Ren; Wilczur, Jan (2000). Thrushes (Helm Identification Guides). Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd. pp. 377–381. ISBN 0-7136-3940-7.
  3. British Ornithologists' Union Records Committee (2009). "British Ornithologists' Union Records Committee: 37th Report (October 2008)" (PDF). Ibis. 151: 224–230. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.2008.00901.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.
  4. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 60, 393. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. "Red-throated Thrush - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 2020-05-24.

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Taxon identifiers
Turdus ruficollis


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