Alpine thrush

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| image = Zoothera mollissima Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve West Sikkim India 16.02.2016.jpg

| image_caption = From Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, West Sikkim, India

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Zoothera mollissima |volume=2016 |page=e.T103879258A94161788 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103879258A94161788.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Zoothera

| species = mollissima

| authority = (Blyth, 1842)

| synonyms =

}}

The alpine thrush (Zoothera mollissima) is a species of bird in the thrush family.

Taxonomy and systematics

The alpine thrush was formerly known as the plain-backed thrush, until the latter was split into the Alpine thrush, Sichuan thrush and the newly discovered Himalayan thrush.

Distribution and habitat

It is found from the north-western Himalayas to southern China. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

Gallery

File:Plain-backed thrush, Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh, India.jpg|Himalayan thrush from Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh, India

File:Zoothera_mollissima.jpg|Alpine thrush at Namdapha National Park

References

External links

[http://www.hbw.com/ibc/species/plain-backed-thrush-zoothera-mollissima Details of alpine thrush]

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Category:Birds of the Himalayas

Category:Birds of Tibet

Category:Birds of Central China

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