Long-tailed thrush

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Zoothera dixoni |volume=2016 |page=e.T22708487A94161982 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708487A94161982.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| image =Long-tailed Thrush - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - Arunachal Pradesh, India.jpg

| genus = Zoothera

| species = dixoni

| authority = (Seebohm, 1881)

| synonyms =

}}

The long-tailed thrush (Zoothera dixoni) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found from the central and eastern Himalayas to south-central and south-western China.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/thrushes/|title=Thrushes « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-11}} Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

The scientific name, Zoothera dixoni, is named after ornithologist Charles Dixon.

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