Biology:Everett's thrush

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Short description: Species of bird

Everett's thrush
Zoothera everetti.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Zoothera
Species:
Z. everetti
Binomial name
Zoothera everetti
(Sharpe, 1892)

Everett's thrush (Zoothera everetti) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. The name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.

Distribution and habitat

The thrush is endemic to the island of Borneo where it has been recorded only from the mountains of Sabah and northern Sarawak in eastern Malaysia.[2] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Zoothera everetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22708378A94158880. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708378A94158880.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22708378/94158880. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Phillipps, Quentin; Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2. 

Wikidata ☰ Q948083 entry