• Source: Geokichla

The Geokichla thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the thrush family, Turdidae. They were traditionally listed in the Zoothera, but molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2008 led to their placement in a separate genus.




Taxonomy


The genus Geokichla was introduced in 1836 by the German naturalist Salomon Müller with Turdus citrinus Latham, 1790, the orange-headed thrush, as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek geō- meaning "ground-" with kikhlē meaning "thrush.
These species were formerly placed in the genus Zoothera. Molecular phylogenetic analysis by Gary Voelker and collaborators published in 2008 found that Zoothera was polyphyletic. To create monophyletic genera 21 species were moved from Zoothera to the resurrected genus Geokichla.




List of species


The genus contains the following 21 species:

Siberian thrush, Geokichla sibirica
Pied thrush, Geokichla wardii
Grey ground thrush, Geokichla princei
Black-eared ground thrush, Geokichla camaronensis
Spotted ground thrush, Geokichla guttata - formerly G. fischeri
Spot-winged thrush, Geokichla spiloptera
Crossley's ground thrush, Geokichla crossleyi
Abyssinian ground thrush, Geokichla piaggiae
Kivu ground thrush, Geokichla piaggiae tanganjicae
Oberländer's ground thrush, Geokichla oberlaenderi
Orange ground thrush, Geokichla gurneyi
Orange-headed thrush, Geokichla citrina
Buru thrush, Geokichla dumasi
Seram thrush, Geokichla joiceyi
Orange-sided thrush, Geokichla peronii
Slaty-backed thrush, Geokichla schistacea
Chestnut-capped thrush, Geokichla interpres
Enggano thrush, Geokichla leucolaema
Chestnut-backed thrush, Geokichla dohertyi
Ashy thrush, Geokichla cinerea
Red-backed thrush, Geokichla erythronota
Red-and-black thrush, Geokichla mendeni
A subfossil specimen of a ground thrush has been found on the island of Mauritius:

Mauritius ground thrush, Geokichla longitarsus




References






External links



Asian thrush videos on the Internet Bird Collection

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Anis merah
• Anis tanimbar
• Anis seram
• Anis peleng
• Anis siberia
• Anis nusa tenggara
• Anis cendana
• Anis enggano
• Anis buru
• Anis kembang
• Geokichla
• Orange-headed thrush
• Siberian thrush
• Pied thrush
• Asian thrush
• Spot-winged thrush
• Mauritius ground thrush
• Abyssinian ground thrush
• Red-backed thrush
• Turdinae