The grey shrikethrush or grey shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica), formerly commonly known as grey thrush, is a songbird 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.
The grey shrikethrush was originally described in the genus Turdus. Alternate names include the brown shrike-thrush, buff-bellied shrike-thrush, grey shrike-flycatcher, northern shrike-thrush and south-western shrike-thrush.
C. h. brunnea - Gould, 1841: Originally described as a separate species. Found in northern Australia and Melville Island
C. h. superciliosa - Masters, 1876: Originally described as a separate species. 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: Originally described as a separate species. Found in Tasmania and the islands in the Bass Strait (Australia)
Western shrikethrush (C. h. rufiventris) - Gould, 1841: Originally described as a separate species. Found in western, southern and central Australia
Descriptionedit
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.
^BirdLife International (2018). "Colluricincla harmonica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22705561A130407286. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22705561A130407286.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^"IOC World Bird List 6.3". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.3.
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grey, shrikethrush, grey, shrikethrush, grey, shrike, thrush, colluricincla, harmonica, formerly, commonly, known, grey, thrush, songbird, australasia, moderately, common, common, most, parts, australia, absent, from, driest, inland, deserts, also, found, guin. The grey shrikethrush or grey shrike thrush Colluricincla harmonica formerly commonly known as grey thrush is a songbird 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 Grey shrike thrush Colluricincla harmonica harmonica Conservation status Least Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Passeriformes Family Pachycephalidae Genus Colluricincla Species C harmonica Binomial name Colluricincla harmonica Latham 1801 Subspecies See text Synonyms Turdus harmonicus Contents 1 Taxonomy and systematics 1 1 Subspecies 2 Description 3 Status 4 Gallery 5 References 6 External linksTaxonomy and systematics editThe grey shrikethrush was originally described in the genus Turdus Alternate names include the brown shrike thrush buff bellied shrike thrush grey shrike flycatcher northern shrike thrush and south western shrike thrush Subspecies edit Five subspecies are recognized 2 C h brunnea Gould 1841 Originally described as a separate species Found in northern Australia and Melville Island C h superciliosa Masters 1876 Originally described as a separate species 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 Originally described as a separate species Found in Tasmania and the islands in the Bass Strait Australia Western shrikethrush C h rufiventris Gould 1841 Originally described as a separate species Found in western southern and central AustraliaDescription editOf 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 editThe grey shrikethrush is evaluated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Gallery edit nbsp In Victoria nbsp In Tasmania source source source source In Queensland nbsp Juvenile nbsp Dorrigo NSW AustraliaReferences edit BirdLife International 2018 Colluricincla harmonica IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018 e T22705561A130407286 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2018 2 RLTS T22705561A130407286 en Retrieved 19 November 2021 IOC World Bird List 6 3 IOC World Bird List Datasets doi 10 14344 ioc ml 6 3 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Colluricincla harmonica Photos and recording by Graeme Chapman Sonograms on Xeno canto Photos and recordings on eBird This Pachycephalidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grey shrikethrush amp oldid 1216631915, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
