The Chestnut-backed thrush (Zoothera dohertyi) is a ground thrush

Thrush (bird)

The thrushes, family Turdidae, are a group of passerine birds that occur worldwide.-Characteristics:Thrushes are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized birds, inhabiting wooded areas, and often feed on the ground or eat small fruit. The smallest thrush may be the Forest Rock-thrush, at and...

 species endemic to Lombok

Lombok

Lombok is an island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. It forms part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the Lombok Strait separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas Strait between it and Sumbawa to the east...

, Timor

Timor

Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, north of the Timor Sea. It is divided between the independent state of East Timor, and West Timor, belonging to the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. The island's surface is 30,777 square kilometres...

 and the Lesser Sunda Islands

Sunda Islands

The Sunda Islands are a group of islands that form part of the Malay archipelago.They are further divided into the Greater Sunda Islands and the Lesser Sunda Islands.-Administration:...

 in Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

. The species is rapidly declining and it is already extinct on Lombok and possibly on Lesser Sunda. There are only 10 European zoos which hold this species, including: - Birdworld

Birdworld

Birdworld is one of England's largest bird parks. Covering , it is located south west of the town of Farnham, Surrey and close to the village of Rowledge. Birdworld also has an Underwater World and Jenny Wren children's farm. It is part of the parent company Denys. E...

, Bristol Zoo

Bristol Zoo

Bristol Zoo is a zoo in the city of Bristol in South West England. The zoo's stated mission is "Bristol Zoo Gardens maintains and defends biodiversity through breeding endangered species, conserving threatened species and habitats and promoting a wider understanding of the natural...

, Chester Zoo

Chester Zoo

Chester Zoo is a zoological garden at Upton-by-Chester, in Cheshire, England. It was opened in 1931 by George Mottershead and his family, who used as a basis some animals reported to have come from an earlier zoo in Shavington. It is one of the UK's largest zoos at...

, Jersey Zoo, Burgers' Zoo

Burgers' Zoo

Burgers' Zoo is a zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands, and is one of the biggest zoos in the country. Arnhem is a city that lies within the Veluwe, a nature park in the east of the Netherlands...

 and Waddesdon Manor

Waddesdon Manor

Waddesdon Manor is a country house in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England. The house was built in the Neo-Renaissance style of a French château between 1874 and 1889 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild . Since this was the preferred style of the Rothschilds it became also known as...

 bird gardens. Eight of these zoos successfully breed them and there are now 63 of them in captivity. Private Members of the Foreign Bird League in the UK are participating in the breeding scheme for this species and are being particularly successful. More information on the Foreign Bird League can be found at www.foreignbirdleague.com

A European species, the Fieldfare

Fieldfare

The Fieldfare is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. It breeds in woodland and scrub in northern Europe and Asia. It is strongly migratory, with many northern birds moving south during the winter. It is a very rare breeder in Great Britain and Ireland, but winters in large numbers in these...

, was once also known by this name http://books.google.com/books?id=gUUDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=chestnut+backed+thrush&source=web&ots=_ZpC5dKgap&sig=zp6l1BcmmSvLr41936jKZxr8pXw.

The binomial name of this bird commemorates the American entomologist William Doherty

William Doherty

William Doherty was an American entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera and later also collected birds for the Natural History Museum at Tring ....

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