A quail-thrush is a bird of the genus Cinclosoma, which contains eight species. Quail-thrushes are in a different family from either quails or thrushes, but bear some superficial resemblance to them. The genus is found in Australia and New Guinea in a variety of habitats ranging from rainforest to deserts. The genus is closely related to the jewel-babblers of New Guinea. Seven species were recognised in 2007.[2] A molecular study published in 2015 by Gaynor Dolman and Leo Joseph resulted in the splitting of the chestnut-backed quail-thrush into the chestnut quail-thrush of eastern Australia and the copperback quail-thrush in the west.[3]
| Cinclosoma | |
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| Chestnut quail-thrush (Cinclosoma castanotum) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cinclosomatidae |
| Genus: | Cinclosoma Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Turdus punctatus[1] Shaw, 1794
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Species
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| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| Painted quail-thrush | Cinclosoma ajax | New Guinea. | |
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Spotted quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum | Australia. |
| Copperback quail-thrush | Cinclosoma clarum | Australia. | |
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Chestnut quail-thrush | Cinclosoma castanotum | Australia |
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Chestnut-breasted quail-thrush | Cinclosoma castaneothorax | Australia (New South Wales, Queensland and Perth.) |
| Western quail-thrush | Cinclosoma marginatum | Australia. | |
| Nullarbor quail-thrush | Cinclosoma alisteri | Nullarbor Plain in southern Australia | |
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Cinnamon quail-thrush | Cinclosoma cinnamomeum | central Australia |
References
edit- ^ "Cinclosomatidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Toon, Alicia; Austin, Jeremy J.; Dolman, Gaynor; Pedler, Lynn; Joseph, Leo (2012). "Evolution of arid zone birds in Australia: Leapfrog distribution patterns and mesic-arid connections in quail-thrush (Cinclosoma, Cinclosomatidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62 (1): 286–95. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.026. PMID 22040766.
- ^ Dolman, Gaynor; Joseph, Leo (2015). "Evolutionary history of birds across southern Australia: structure, history and taxonomic implications of mitochondrial DNA diversity in an ecologically diverse suite of species". Emu. 115 (1): 35–48. doi:10.1071/MU14047.
Further reading
edit- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2