Grey shrikethrush
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| Colluricincla harmonica harmonica | |
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| Species: | C. harmonica
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| Colluricincla harmonica (Latham, 1801)
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The grey shrikethrush or grey shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica), formerly commonly known as grey thrush, is one of the best-loved and most distinctive songbirds of Australasia. It is moderately common to common in most parts of Australia, but absent from the driest of the inland deserts. It is also found in New Guinea.
Subspecies
Five subspecies are recognized:[2]
- C. h. brunnea - Gould, 1841: Found in northern Australia and Melville Island
- C. h. superciliosa - Masters, 1876: Found in eastern New Guinea, islands in the Torres Strait and north-eastern Australia
- C. h. harmonica - (Latham, 1801): Found in eastern Australia
- C. h. strigata - Swainson, 1838: Found in Tasmania and the islands in the Bass Strait (Australia)
- C. h. rufiventris - Gould, 1841: Found in western, southern and central Australia
Description
Of medium size (about 24 cm or 9.4 in long) and lacking bright colours, the grey shrikethrush—usually just thrush in casual conversation—has an extraordinary gift for ringing melody, unmatched by any other Australasian species save perhaps the two lyrebirds and its northern relative, the sandstone shrikethrush.
Status
The grey shrikethrush is evaluated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Gallery
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In Queensland
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Juvenile -
Dorrigo, NSW, Australia
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References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ "IOC World Bird List 6.3". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.3.
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