Sri Lanka thrush
| Sri Lanka thrush | |
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| Sri Lanka thrush (left) | |
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| Species: | Z. imbricata
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| Zoothera imbricata E. L. Layard, 1854
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Zoothera dauma imbricata | |
The Sri Lanka thrush or Sri Lanka scaly thrush (Zoothera imbricata) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. This bird is a non-migratory resident breeder found in south western wetlands of the island of Sri Lanka.
Zoothera imbricata was formerly treated as a race of the scaly thrush. It belongs in a group, possibly a superspecies, formed by that species and Z. lunulata, Z. heinei, Z. machiki, Z. talaseae, Z. margaretae etc.,[2] Z. imbricata being smaller, longer billed and rufous below.
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