The Chinese thrush (Turdus mupinensis) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in China and far northern Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Turdus |
| Species: | T. mupinensis
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| Turdus mupinensis Laubmann, 1920
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Otocichla mupinensis | |
A recent molecular study places the Chinese thrush's closest relatives as the similarly plumaged European species, the song thrush (T. philomelos) and the mistle thrush (T. viscivorus), all three species early offshoots from the main Turdus radiation around the world.[2]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Otocichla mupinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22708826A94179717. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708826A94179717.en. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Voelker G, Rohwer S, Bowie RCK, Outlaw DC (2007). "Molecular systematics of a speciose, cosmopolitan songbird genus: Defining the limits of, and relationships among, the Turdus thrushes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 42 (2): 422–34. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.07.016. PMID 16971142.
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Turdus mupinensis.
- Chinese thrush at Birds of the World
- Explore Species: Chinese Thrush at eBird (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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