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Turdus chrysolaus chrysolaus

(Brown-Headed Thrush)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Brown Thrush, Brown-Headed Thrush, Red-Bellied Thrush, Red-Billed Thrush

Common Names in French:

Merle à Flancs Roux

Common Names in German:

Rotkopfdrossel

Description

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Family Muscicapidae

A large Family of small passerine insectivores with weak songs and harsh calls . Nests are often cups in trees and hedges .

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Aves () - Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
        Subclass: Neornithes () - Gadow, 1893
        Infraclass: Neoaves ()
        Superorder: Passerimorphae ()
        Order: Passeriformes () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
        Suborder: Passeri ()
        Parvorder: Passerida ()
        Superfamily: Muscicapoidea ()
        Family: Muscicapidae () - Old World Flycatchers
        Subfamily: Turdinae ()
        Genus: Turdus () - Linnaeus, 1758
        Specific name: chrysolaus
        Subspecies: chrysolaus
        Scientific name: - Turdus chrysolaus chrysolaus

Unambiguous Synonyms

Turdus chrysolaus Temminck 1831

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Turdus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 346 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

T. abyssinicus (Northern Olive Thrush) · T. abyssinicus abyssinicus (Northern Olive Thrush) · T. abyssinicus bambusicola · T. abyssinicus roehli · T. albiceps · T. albicollis (White-Necked Thrush) · T. albicollis albicollis (White-Necked Thrush) · T. albicollis contemptus · T. albicollis crotopezus · T. albicollis daguae · T. albicollis oblitus · T. albicollis paraguayensis · T. albicollis phaeopygoides · T. albicollis phaeopygus · T. albicollis spodiolaemus · T. albipectus · T. albiventer-foem · T. albiventer-masc · T. albiventris · T. albocinctus (White-Collared Blackbird) · T. amaurochalinus (Creamy-Bellied Thrush) · T. analis · T. ardosiacea · T. arundinaceus · T. assimilis (White-Throated Thrush) · T. assimilis assimilis (White-Throated Thrush) · T. assimilis atrotinctus · T. assimilis cnephosus · T. assimilis daguae · T. assimilis leucauchen · T. assimilis lygrus · T. assimilis or · T. assimilis renominatus · T. assimilis rubicundus · T. atrogularis · T. aurantiirostris · T. aurantius (White-Chinned Thrush) · T. badius · T. baraka · T. bewsheri (Comoros Thrush) · T. bewsheri bewsheri (Comoros Thrush) · T. bewsheri comorensis · T. bewsheri moheliensis · T. bimaculatus · T. bocagei · T. boulboul (Grey-Winged Blackbird) · T. brachypterus · T. carbonarius · T. cardis (Japanese Grey Thrush) · T. cardis cardis (Japanese Grey Thrush) · T. castaneus · T. caudatus · T. celaenops (Seven Islands Thrush) · T. centralis · T. chalybeus · T. chiguanco (Chiguanco Thrush) · T. chiguancoides · T. chiguanco anthracinus · T. chiguanco chiguanco (Chiguanco Thrush) · T. chiguanco conradi · T. chrysolaus (Brown-Headed Thrush) · T. chrysolaus chrysolaus (Brown-Headed Thrush) · T. chrysolaus orii · T. cochinchinensis · T. confinis · T. crossleyi · T. cyaneus · T. dauma · T. dauma aureus · T. dispar · T. dissimilis (Black-Breasted Thrush) · T. dissimilis hortulorum · T. dubius · T. ericetorum · T. erythropterus · T. eunomus · T. falcklandii (Austral Thrush) · T. falcklandii falcklandii (Austral Thrush) · T. falcklandii magellanicus · T. falklandii · T. falklandii magellanicus · T. feae (Grey-Sided Thrush) · T. figulus · T. fischeri · T. fischeri belcheri · T. fischeri maxis · T. flavipes · T. flavirostris · T. fulviventris (Chestnut-Bellied Thrush) · T. fumigatus (Cocoa Thrush) · T. fumigatus aquilonalis · T. fumigatus bondi · T. fumigatus fumigatus (Cocoa Thrush) · T. fumigatus personus · T. fuscater (Great Thrush) · T. fuscater cacozela · T. fuscater cacozelus · T. fuscater fuscater (Great Thrush) · T. fuscater gigantodes · T. fuscater gigas

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Further Reading

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Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 437.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 205.

Notes

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Contributors

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed September 26, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1712953
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2439543

Last Revised: 2009-07-04